Achille Etna Michallon

In 1817, Michallon won the inaugural Prix de Rome for landscape painting. He travelled to Italy in 1818 and remained there for over two years. This trip had a profound influence on his work. Before he had much time to develop what he had learned however, he died at the age of 25 of pneumonia, a tragedy which cut short the life of a talented and well respected artist who could have gone on to win lasting fame. Though it is often disputed, it is thought that at one time, Corot was his pupil.

Achille Etna Michallon studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes and Jean-Victor Bertin is recorded. Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot is recorded as having studied under Achille Etna Michallon. The recorded working language is French. Work by Achille Etna Michallon is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Galleries Scotland and National Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

• Name — Achille Etna Michallon • Born — 22 October 1796 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 24 September 1822 • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting • Training — Jacques-Louis David Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes • Illustration — La femme foudroyée, Louvre • Illustration — The Oak and the Reed (Fitzwilliam Museum)

• The Oak and the Reed (1816), Fitzwilliam Museum, based on the version of Aesop's fable by Jean de la Fontaine • Study of a Tree, (c. 1816), National Gallery, - National Gallery, London • Démocrite et les Abdéritains (1817), École des beaux-arts of Paris (Prix de Rome) • Paysage de Frascati (1817), musée du Louvre • La Mort de Roland à Roncevaux (1819), musée du Louvre • Homme drapé en rouge: habitant de Frascatti (?), musée du Louvre • La Femme foudroyée, musée du Louvre • The Forum at Pompeii, 1819, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The authorities additionally record the headings Achille-Etna Michallon, Achille Etna Michalon, Achille Michallon, pensionnaire d`a Rome Mr Michalon and Michallon. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Claude Michallon.