Fernand Lematte
Illustration — Self-portrait, 1887 Jacques François Fernand Lematte (26 July 1850 – 26 April 1929) was a French painter. He was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and studied in Alexandre Cabanel's studio at the École des beaux-arts de Paris, winning the Prix de Rome with The Death of Messalina (1870) and staying at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1871 to 1874.
Also recorded as Fernand Jacques François Lematte · Fernand Jacques Francois Lematte
Fernand Lematte
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- Born
- 1850 · Saint-Quentin.
- Died
- 1929
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- Orientalism
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · French Academy in Rome
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Self-portrait, 1887 Jacques François Fernand Lematte (26 July 1850 – 26 April 1929) was a French painter. He was born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and studied in Alexandre Cabanel's studio at the École des beaux-arts de Paris, winning the Prix de Rome with The Death of Messalina (1870) and staying at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1871 to 1874.
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Fernand Lematte studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The recorded working language is French. Work by Fernand Lematte is recorded in the collections of Hermitage Museum and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
The authorities additionally record the headings Fernand Jacques François Lematte and Fernand Jacques Francois Lematte. His recorded language was French.
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1850
Fernand Lematte was born in 1850 at Saint-Quentin.
1929
Fernand Lematte died in 1929.
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Fernand Lematte received Prix de Rome.
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