Étienne-Jean Delécluze
Illustration — Étienne-Jean Delécluze • Illustration — Etienne-Jean Delecluze, For my dad, 1818. Musée des Ursulines, Mâcon Etienne-Jean Delécluze (etjɛn ʒɑ̃ dəleklyz) (26 February 1781 – 12 July 1863) was a French painter and critic. From 1797 on, he was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, as he describes in his biography of David.
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Étienne-Jean Delécluze
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- Born
- 1781. · Paris.
- Died
- 1863. · Versailles.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, art historian, writer, literary historian and art critic.
- Education
- Collège de Lisieux and Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
- Teachers
- Jacques-Louis David.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Étienne-Jean Delécluze • Illustration — Etienne-Jean Delecluze, For my dad, 1818. Musée des Ursulines, Mâcon Etienne-Jean Delécluze (etjɛn ʒɑ̃ dəleklyz) (26 February 1781 – 12 July 1863) was a French painter and critic. From 1797 on, he was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, as he describes in his biography of David.
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Étienne-Jean Delécluze (1781–1863) was a French writer, art critic and art historian. Born in Paris, the writer died in Versailles.
Étienne-Jean Delécluze studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and Collège de Lisieux. Étienne-Jean Delécluze was a member of Société héliographique.
Works by the writer are held at Bowes Museum and Musée Magnin. Awards and honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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From 1822 on, he worked as a critic for the Journal des débats. His book Louis David, son école et son temps (Paris, 1857) was quite politically controversial, and he had to rewrite it in order to restore his reputation. He was a maternal uncle of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and in charge of Viollet-le-Duc's education for some time.
Étienne-Jean Delécluze studied at Collège de Lisieux and Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Work by Étienne-Jean Delécluze is recorded in the collections of Bowes Museum and Musée Magnin. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
The authorities additionally record the headings Etienne-Jean Delecluze, E. Delécluze, Etienne Jean Delecluze, Etienne-Jean Delécluze and Etienne Jean Delécluze. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Adolphe Viollet-le-Duc.
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What the record establishes about Étienne-Jean Delécluze. Étienne-Jean Delécluze is recorded with the occupation painter. Étienne-Jean Delécluze is recorded as painter, art historian, writer, literary historian and art critic.
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1781
Étienne-Jean Delécluze born at Paris.
1841
Leonard de Vinci m. E.J. Delécluze (1841) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1863
Étienne-Jean Delécluze died at Versailles.
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Formation and teaching. Étienne-Jean Delécluze studied at Collège de Lisieux and Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. He trained under Jacques-Louis David. Recognition and collections. Étienne-Jean Delécluze received Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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