François Émile Michel
Illustration — François Émile Michel, 1906 François Émile Michel (19 July 1828 – 23 May 1909) was a French painter, art critic and art historian. François Émile Michel was born in Metz, Michel became a student of Auguste Migette and Laurent-Charles Maréchal, the stained glass painter, and began to exhibit in 1853. Among Michel's masterpieces are Une Gardense d'Oies (1853) and Unit d'ete (1872).
Also recorded as Emile François Michel
François Émile Michel
Ernst Wilhelm Moes (1864-1912) · Ernst Wilhelm Moes: De eeredoctoren der Rembrandtherdenking. In: Eigen Haard July 14th, 1906 · Public domain
- Born
- 1828 · Metz.
- Died
- 1909 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- art historian · painter · artist · art critic · draftsperson
- Fields
- visual arts
- Known for
- Semailles d'automne
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — François Émile Michel, 1906 François Émile Michel (19 July 1828 – 23 May 1909) was a French painter, art critic and art historian. François Émile Michel was born in Metz, Michel became a student of Auguste Migette and Laurent-Charles Maréchal, the stained glass painter, and began to exhibit in 1853. Among Michel's masterpieces are Une Gardense d'Oies (1853) and Unit d'ete (1872).
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1828
François Émile Michel born at Metz.
1909
François Émile Michel died at Paris.
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• La Forêt de Fontainebleau dans la nature, dans l’histoire, dans la littérature et dans l’art, Renouard, Paris, 1909. • Les Maîtres du paysage, Hachette, Paris, 1906. • The Masters of Landscape Painting, Heinemann, London, 1910. • Essais sur l’histoire de l’art, Société d’édition artistique, Paris, 1900. • Rubens, sa vie, son œuvre et son temps, Hachette, Paris, 1900. • Rembrandt. Sa vie, son œuvre et son temps, Hachette, paris, 1893. • Jacob van Ruysdael et les Paysagistes de l’École de Harlem, Librairie de l’art, Paris, 1892. • Les Brueghel. Paris: Librairie de l’art, 1892 • Hobbéma et les Paysagistes de son temps en Hollande, Librairie de l’art, Paris, 1890. • Le Musée de Cologne. Paris: J. Rouam, 1884. • Étude historique et critique sur le musée de peinture de la ville de Metz, Blanc, Metz, 1868.
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He wrote for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts and other periodicals. His most famous book is on the life and works of Rembrandt. His other books include Les Brueghel and Paul Potter. He was elected a member of the Institut de France in 1892. He died in Paris.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Semailles d'automne. Work by François Émile Michel is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Musée Salies, paintings collection of Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.
• Bords de la Couse à Saillan, musée de Soissons • Dans la lande, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille • Le Torrent de Cerveyrieux dans l'Ain, Musée Antoine Vivenel • Semailles d'automne, musée du Louvre
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