Guillaume Guillon-Lethière

Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1760–1832) was a French painter and professor.

Also recorded as Guillon Lethiere; G. Guillon le Thiere; Guillaume Letiers; Guillaume Le Thierre; G. Guillon de Lethière; Guillaume Guillon Letiers.

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Overview

Born at Sainte-Anne in 1760, died at Paris in 1832.

In detail

Guillaume Guillon-Lethière studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. training under Jean-Baptiste Descamps is recorded. Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Ignace-François Bonhommé and Isidore Pils are recorded as having studied under Guillaume Guillon-Lethière. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and history. The authority associates the name with Neoclassicism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Positions recorded include director. Membership is recorded of Institut de France and Académie des beaux-arts.

Work by Guillaume Guillon-Lethière is recorded in the collections of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Dallas Museum of Art, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Clark Art Institute and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.

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  1. 1.

    “Guillaume Guillon-Lethière”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2703817: Guillaume Guillon-Lethière

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