Abel de Pujol
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Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1787, Valenciennes
- 29 September 1861, Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
and Emile Levy
. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris. A member of the Institut de France
, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...
- 29 September 1861, Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
]Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter.He was born in Paris. In his youth he travelled in the East, and reproduced Oriental life and scenery with a bold fidelity to nature that puzzled conventional critics...
and Emile Levy
Émile Lévy
Émile Lévy was a French genre and portrait painter.-Biography:He was a pupil of François-Édouard Picot and Abel de Pujol. He also studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1854. On his return from Italy, he settled in Paris, and devoted himself to portrait...
. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris. A member of the Institut de France
Institut de France
The Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is the Académie française.The institute, located in Paris, manages approximately 1,000 foundations, as well as museums and chateaux open for visit. It also awards prizes and subsidies, which...
, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
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Selected works
- Death of Caesar, Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoFine Arts Museums of San FranciscoThe Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, comprising the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in the city of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in California.-External...
- http://www.valenciennes.fr/newmus/VisiteGuidee/notice.asp?periode=6&auteur=1Self-portrait (1806), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
- Propoetides turned into rock (1819), Musée des Augustins, Toulouse
- enchained in Tartarus (1824), LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
- saved by Joseph (1827), Louvre
- of a Magistrate, Norton Simon Art Foundation
Students
- Julien HudsonJulien HudsonJulien Hudson was a 19th Century free man of color who lived in New Orleans. He was a successful painter and art teacher. He is known as the first African American or French Creole of Color operating in America by whom a self-portrait was found....
, (1811-1844) - François DebonFrançois DebonFrançois Hyppolite Debon , was a French painter. He studied under Antoine-Jean Gros and Abel de Pujol, and exhibited at the Paris Salon, where he won several medals, including a third class one in 1844 and two second class ones in 1835 and 1868...
, (1816–1872) - Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-DeverzyAdrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-DeverzyAdrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy was a French painter. She was a student and later wife of the painter Abel de Pujol.- Works :...
, (1798–1869) who married him - Auguste Désiré Saint-QuentinAuguste Désiré Saint-QuentinAuguste Désiré Saint-Quentin was a French painter. Studying under Abel de Pujol, he painted the ceiling of the église Saint-Géry at Valenciennes and paintings for the église Saint-Martin at Sebourg in the Valenciennois, as well as working on the casket of Saint Drogo...
, (1833–1906) - Alexandre-Gabriel DecampsAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps]Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter.He was born in Paris. In his youth he travelled in the East, and reproduced Oriental life and scenery with a bold fidelity to nature that puzzled conventional critics...
, (1803–1860) - Alphonse LamiAlphonse LamiAlphonse Lami was a French sculptor of Italian descent.-Life:He was the son of François Lami and Louise Hélène Heim Alphonse Lami (22 June 1822, Paris-17 July 1867, Alexandria) was a French sculptor of Italian descent.-Life:He was the son of François Lami (illegitimate son of prince Francesco...
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External links
- Analysis of the work 'Workshop of Abel de Pujol' by Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
- http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/abel_de_pujol.html