François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison
Illustration — François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison (7 May 1759, Paris – 7 December 1834) was a French poet. He initially intended to painting, he studied with the painter Jacques-Louis David. Ruined by the French Revolution, he managed to make a living as a portrait painter during the revolution.
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison (1759-1836) · Public domain
- Born
- François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison was born on 7 May 1759. · Paris.
- Died
- François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison died on 7 December 1834. · Paris.
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- France
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- poet · translator · painter · writer
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Having rallied to Napoleon, in whose honor he wrote several poems, he was appointed member of the Science and Arts Commission accompanying Bonaparte during the Egyptian campaign in 1798. He was the eleventh occupant of the French Academy seat 1 in 1811. He is buried in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
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François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison, a writer, was born on 7 May 1759 in Paris and died on 7 December 1834 in Paris. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
• Various poems composed in Egypt, England and France (1803) • Loves epic poem in six cantos, containing the translated episodes of love composed by the best epic poets (1804) • Guarantee (1804) • The Birth of the King of Rome (1811) • Napoleon's Wedding (1819) • Philip Augustus, a heroic poem in twelve songs (1825)
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