Joseph Blanc

Joseph Blanc studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Émile Bin and Alexandre Cabanel is recorded. Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet, Pierre Gatier and Léon-Laurent Galand are recorded as having studied under Joseph Blanc. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Employment is recorded with École des Beaux-Arts. Works named in the authority record are Perseus. Work by Joseph Blanc is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, Musée Carnavalet and Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Jean Reynaud Prize.

He studied at the École des Beaux Arts with Émile Bin and Alexandre Cabanel. In 1867, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for painting for his work The Murder of Laius by Œdipus and was named a professor at the École in 1889. His studio in Montmartre also served as an art school. In addition to his favorite subjects, he produced many portraits of politicians, including Georges Clemenceau, Léon Gambetta and Paul Bert. He participated in the decoration of several buildings; among them the Panthéon, where he painted The Vow of Clovis at the Battle of Tolbiac, The Baptism of Clovis and The Triumph of Clovis. His decorative paintings may also be seen at the Opéra-Comique and the Hôtel de Ville He created a design for postage stamps as well. They featured the figure of Marianne and came in denominations from one through five, seven and a half, and ten centimes. They were also overprinted for use in the French colonies and were commonly referred to as "Blancs". The original engraved wooden block used to create the stamps is at the Musée de La Poste in Paris.

• Illustration — Two centime stamp. In use from 1900 to 1930 • Illustration — The Vow of Clovis at the Battle of Tolbiac • Illustration — The Murder of Laius by Oedipus • Illustration — Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica

Joseph Blanc is recorded as having received Prix de Rome, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Jean Reynaud Prize. Recorded at birth as Joseph Paul Blanc. Recognition and collections. Blanc received Prix de Rome, Officer of the Legion of Honour and Jean Reynaud Prize.