Etienne-Barthélémy Garnier
(24 August 1759 – 16 November 1849) was a French painter of historical subjects. Grandson of François Garnier, cabinet-maker, son of Pierre Garnier, cabinet-maker, born in Paris, he studied art under Joseph-Marie Vien. He received second prize in the Prix de Rome of 1787 and first in 1788 with a painting on the subject The Death of Tatius, beating Louis Girodet.
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Etienne-Barthélémy Garnier
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- Born
- 1759 · Paris.
- Died
- 1849 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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(24 August 1759 – 16 November 1849) was a French painter of historical subjects. Grandson of François Garnier, cabinet-maker, son of Pierre Garnier, cabinet-maker, born in Paris, he studied art under Joseph-Marie Vien. He received second prize in the Prix de Rome of 1787 and first in 1788 with a painting on the subject The Death of Tatius, beating Louis Girodet.
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He lived in Rome until 1793. He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1816. He exhibited a large number of history paintings on classical and religious themes in the neo-classical manner. His painting Éponine et Sabinus, 1810, was exhibited at the Salon of 1810 and again at the Salon of 1814, when it was acquired by Louis XVIII. In 1824 he delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Girodet.
The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Naples and Florence. Work by Etienne-Barthélémy Garnier is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, paintings collection of Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres and Schorr Collection. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Pétition de deux cent cinquante-cinq artistes, littérateurs et scientifiques, soumise par Jean-Baptiste Le Brun (époux), au Directoire, demande le retrait de son nom de la liste des émigrés pendant la Révolution.
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• Illustration — Garnier's painting Éponine et Sabinus (1810)
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