Jean-Pierre Granger

He also created numerous religious works. Some sources incorrectly call him Jean-Perrin.

Jean-Pierre Granger studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David is recorded. Romulus Antoine Hennon-Dubois and Denis François Hennon-Dubois are recorded as having studied under Jean-Pierre Granger. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Rome. Work by Jean-Pierre Granger is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Musée Carnavalet, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Libourne. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.

He was born in Paris. His father was a glazier. At the age of six, he reportedly became a drum major in the "Régiment Royal-Bonbons", a children's branch of the French Guards which was intended to provide "manly, patriotic training". However, it also served as a form of amusement for the Dauphin. Two years later, his father made the acquaintance of Angélique Briceau (fl.1780-1800), a watercolorist who gave lessons to both of them. Shortly after, she married Louis-Jean Allais, who then gave them lessons in engraving. Granger worked as an engraver for seven years but eventually felt constrained by the limits of that medium and entered the studios of Jean-Baptiste Regnault to study oil painting. Four years later, he worked closely with Jacques-Louis David. In 1800, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for his painting Antiochus Sending His Son to Scipio as a Hostage. His colleague, Ingres, who came in second, accused David of using his influence on the jury. • Illustration — Antiochus Sending His Son to Scipio (1800) While in Rome, he worked for Lucien Bonaparte, making sketches and paintings of the Prince's antiquities collection. He also began a portrait of Bonaparte's wife, Alexandrine de Bleschamp. However, he (and some others) found it unsatisfactory. Hence, he turned it into a painting of an anonymous lady of the court. This portrait (now in the Louvre) pleased him so much that he married the model, Jeanne-Catherine Delaigle. He returned to Paris in 1812, and exhibited annually at the Salon until his death, receiving medals in 1812, 1817, and 1820. He died on 1 December 1840 in Paris. His daughter, Eléonore Palmyre (1819–1874), a pianist of some note, married the writer Paul Meurice. Her portrait was painted by Ingres, who had gotten over his grudge and became her godfather. It is currently on display at the Maison de Victor Hugo.