Jean-Bernard Duvivier
Illustration — Portrait of the Villers Family, 1790, now in the Groeningemuseum Jean-Bernard Duvivier (Bruges, 1762 – Paris, 1837) was a painter and drawer of portraits and historical and religious subjects, a book illustrator and a professor at the Normal School in Paris. After having been instructed by Hubert and Paul de Cock and Suvée, he studied in Italy for six years. His style is characterised by balanced composition, lifelike drawing and bright colours. • Illustration — Portrait of Madame Tallien, ca.
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Jean-Bernard Duvivier

Jean-Bernard Duvivier · Public domain
- Born
- 1762 · Bruges.
- Died
- 1837 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · draftsperson · printmaker
- Education
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture · Academy of Fine Arts Bruges
- Teachers
- Joseph-Benoît Suvée
- Known for
- Academic study after a sculpture: Paris wearing a Phrygian cap
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of the Villers Family, 1790, now in the Groeningemuseum Jean-Bernard Duvivier (Bruges, 1762 – Paris, 1837) was a painter and drawer of portraits and historical and religious subjects, a book illustrator and a professor at the Normal School in Paris. After having been instructed by Hubert and Paul de Cock and Suvée, he studied in Italy for six years. His style is characterised by balanced composition, lifelike drawing and bright colours. • Illustration — Portrait of Madame Tallien, ca.
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1806, now in the Brooklyn Museum
Jean-Bernard Duvivier studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and Academy of Fine Arts Bruges. Training under Joseph-Benoît Suvée is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, Rome and Florence. Works named in the authority record are Academic study after a sculpture: Paris wearing a Phrygian cap. Work by Jean-Bernard Duvivier is recorded in the collections of Groeningemuseum, Memorial Art Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon.
• Horatius kills his Sister Camilla, 1785, Le Mans, Musée de Tessé • Cleopatra Captured by Roman Soldiers after the Death of Mark Antony, 1789, Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester • Portrait of the Family Villers, 1790, Bruges, Groeningemuseum • Portrait of a Noble Woman, 1806, Brooklyn Museum • Scene of Deluge, Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie
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• The Funeral of Hector, 1793, Brussels, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium • Portrait of François Maine de Biran, 1798, location unknown • Troyan Soldier, 1800-1801, Orléans, Musée des Beaux-Arts

Portret van de familie Villers - Jean-Bernard Duvivier - Musea Brugge
Jean-Bernard Duvivier

Portret van de familie Villers - Jean-Bernard Duvivier - Musea Brugge
Jean-Bernard Duvivier
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