Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort
Illustration — Panoramic view of the siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807 by Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort (28 August 1793 – 24 December 1861) was a French artist who painted in both oil and water colours. The French King Louis-Philippe commissioned several of his works.
Also recorded as Siméon Fort · Simon Fort · Jean Antoine Simeon Fort · Simeon Fort
Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort
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- Born
- 1793 · Valence.
- Died
- 1861 · Saint-Maurice.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Christian Brune
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Panoramic view of the siege of Gdańsk by French forces in 1807 by Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort (28 August 1793 – 24 December 1861) was a French artist who painted in both oil and water colours. The French King Louis-Philippe commissioned several of his works.
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Fort was a student of the landscape painter Christian Brune. In 1842, Fort exhibited four canvases of battles and sieges at the Salon. They had been ordered by King Louis-Philippe for the "musée historique de Versailles". In the following year, he was commissioned to produce a view of the royal residence (View of the Palace of Compiègne (1843)).
Bataille de Brienne (29 janvier 1814), par Jean Antoine Siméon Fort. Au centre, Napoléon Ier galope vers la ville escorté d'un peloton de chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale. A droite, l'infanterie du maréchal Victor marche vers Brienne.
Jean Antoine Siméon Fort (1793-1861) · "Napoléon 1814 - La campagne de France", Jean Tranié et Juan-Carlos Carmigniani, 1989.
Vue panoramique de la disposition des troupes à la bataille des Dunes remportée par Turenne sur l'armée espagnole près de Dunkerque le 14 juin 1658
Jean-Antoine-Simeon Fort
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1793
Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort born at Valence.
1861
Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort died at Saint-Maurice.
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- 1.C. Scribner's sons. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. 73. 1913.
- 2.Jean-Antoine-Simeon Fort (French, 1793-1861). Artnet.
- 3.Brun-Durand, J. Dictionnaire biographique et biblio-iconographique de la Drôme, Grenoble: Librairie Dauphinoise, 1900, vol. 1, p. 338.
- 4.Starcky, Emmanuel. Essays from a study day held at the National Gallery, London on 5 and 6 June 2010. Royal Collection Trust. 3, 5. 23 April 2012. 978-1905686-75-9.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Siméon Fort, Simon Fort, Jean Antoine Simeon Fort and Simeon Fort. His recorded language was French. He married Élisabeth Collin Fort-Siméon. Formation and teaching. He trained under Christian Brune. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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