Constant Bourgeois
Illustration — Constant Bourgeois, circa 1820 Florent Fidèle Constant Bourgeois (5 June 1767 – 26 June 1841) was a French landscape painter, engraver, and lithographer. He was born in Guiscard. He studied under David, but spent much of his time in Italy.
Also recorded as Florent Fidele Constant Bourgeois · M. Bourgeois · artiste-arrivant d'Italie C. Bourgeois
Constant Bourgeois
- Born
- 1767 · Guiscard.
- Died
- 1841 · Passy.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · lithographer · printmaker · graphic artist
- Teachers
- Jacques-Louis David
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Constant Bourgeois, circa 1820 Florent Fidèle Constant Bourgeois (5 June 1767 – 26 June 1841) was a French landscape painter, engraver, and lithographer. He was born in Guiscard. He studied under David, but spent much of his time in Italy.
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Biography
Biography
Born at Guiscard in 1767, died in Passy in 1841.
Training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are France and Italy. Work by Constant Bourgeois is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Musée de l'Armée and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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Guiscard.
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- 1.Fidel dans son acte de baptême dans la Base Leonore, .
- 2.Généalogie Bourgeois par J. Le Marois.
- 3.Selon son acte de baptême dans la Base Leonore, .
- 4.Harvsp Hubert 1989 Dictionnaire Napoléon, 1989 p=278 .
- 5.Bernard Comment, Le des panoramas, Paris, Adam Biro, 1993, 127 , , .
- 6.Harvsp Braine 1858 id=Oise p=150 .
- 7.Harvsp Bénézit 1999 t. 2 p=672 .
- 8.Explication des ouvrages de peinture…, Société des artistes français, 1868, .
- 9.Harvsp Braine 1858 id=Oise p=150-151 .
- 10.Larousse, [[Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle|Grand dictionnaire universel du ]], Paris, 1866-1877, .
- 11.Harvsp Braine 1858 id=Oise p=151 .
- 12.« Constant Bourgeois », dans Michael Bryan, Dictionary of painters and engravers, biographical and critical, Londres, Bohn, 1849, .
- 13.Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français, Paris, J. Bauer, 1875, .
- 14.Chapitre fr prénom1= nom1= lien auteur1= titre Bourgeois, Amédée auteurs Gérald Schurr et Pierre Cabanne titre Dictionnaire des petits maîtres de la peinture lien titre lieu=Paris Les éditions de l'Amateur 2008 jour= 83 lire en consulté le= id=SchurrCabannes2008 978-2-85917-469-9 .
- 15.Base Léonore LH/327/80 Dossier de l'ordre de la Légion d'honneur de Florent Fidel Constant Bourgeois .
- 16.Base Joconde des musées nationaux, (Voir à « Florent Fidèle Constant Bourgeois », à « Constant Bourgeois », à « Bourgeois du Castelet »).
- 17.Bénézit attribue aussi à Constant Bourgeois du Castelet les Derniers moments du maréchal Lannes blessé à Essling ; mais selon la base Joconde, ce tableau est plutôt l'œuvre d'Albert Paul Bourgeois.
- 18.Site de l'académie d'Amiens, collège Constant-Bourgeois.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- « Bourgeois (Florent-Fidèle-Constant) », dans Pierre Larousse, [[Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle|Grand dictionnaire universel du ]], Paris, 1866-1877, 15 vol., , .
- « Constant Bourgeois », dans Michael Bryan, Dictionary of painters and engravers, biographical and critical, Londres, Bohn, 1849, .
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