Léon Cogniet

• Name — Léon Cogniet • Birth Name — Léon Cogniet • Born — 29 August 1794 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 20 November 1880 (aged 86) • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting • Training — Pierre-Narcisse Guérin • Movement — Romanticism

• Illustration — Cogniet in 1865 He was born in Paris. His father was a painter and wallpaper designer. In 1812, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. He also worked in the studios of Jean-Victor Bertin. After failing an attempt to win the Prix de Rome in 1816, he won the following year with his depiction of Helen Rescued by Castor and Pollux and received a stipend to study at the French Academy in Rome until 1822. Before leaving, he had his first exhibition at the Salon. In 1827, he created a series of murals on the life of Saint Stephen for the church of Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs. From 1833 to 1835, he painted a scene from Napoleon's expedition to Egypt on one of the ceilings at the Louvre. Between 1840 and 1860, he operated a popular painting workshop for women, directed by his sister Marie Amélie and one of his students, Catherine Caroline Thévenin (1813–1892), who later became his wife. After 1843, he concentrated almost entirely on teaching, with an occasional portrait. After 1855, he essentially gave up painting. After 1831, he taught design at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He also taught at the École polytechnique from 1847 to 1861. In 1851, he was appointed a Professor at the École des Beaux-arts, a position he held until 1863, when he retired, slowly giving up his private students and becoming more reclusive. He died forgotten in the 10th arrondissement of Paris in 1880 and is interred at Père-Lachaise. His sister was the painter Marie Amélie Cogniet.

History paintings: • La Garde nationale de Paris part pour l’armée, Septembre 1792 (The Paris National Guard on its way to the Army, September 1792) • Tintoretto painting his dead daughter (1843; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux) • Scenes of July 1830 (1830). The day after the "Three Glorious Days" of the 1830 Revolution, the painter depicts the white flag of the restoration of the monarchy (on the left), torn and revealing the blue sky (in the middle). The red fold then spreads like a bloodstain (on the right). thus recreating the Republic's tricolor flag. Portraits: • Maréchal Maison • Louis Philippe • M. de Crillon • Jean-François Champollion

• Illustration — Helen Rescued by Castor and Pollux, 1817 • Illustration — The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome, 1817 • Illustration — Massacre of the Innocents, 1824 • Illustration — The Italian Brigand's Wife, 1826 • Illustration — Rebecca and Brian de Bois-Guilbert, 1828 • Illustration — Scenes of July 1830, 1830 • Illustration — Jean-François Champollion, 1831 • Illustration — The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army, 1834 • Illustration — The Egyptian Expedition Under the Command of Bonaparte, ceiling at the Louvre, 1835 • Illustration — Portrait of Nicolas Joseph Maison, 1835 • Illustration — The Battle of Heliopolis, 1837 • Illustration — The Battle of Mount Tabor, 1838

The authorities additionally record the headings Cogniet, Leon Cogniet and L. His recorded language was French. He married Catherine-Caroline Cogniet.

Léon Cogniet worked in painting. His work is associated with Romanticism. He was employed by Beaux-Arts de Paris. He belonged to Académie des beaux-arts. He worked at Paris.

Works recorded as notable number 2: Scene of July 1830 and Massacre of the Innocents. His recorded genres are history and portrait.

Léon Cogniet is recorded as painter, professor, lithographer and printmaker.