Pierre Beljambe
Pierre Guillaume Alexandre Beljambe (10 May 1759 - 9 March 1838) was a prolific French artist, stipple engraver and burin engraver. Some biographies spell his surname Bellejambe, Belejambe or Beljame - in 1824 his two sons (one of whom had a university career) won authorisation to change their surname to Beljame.
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Pierre Beljambe

Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre Beljambe · Musée Carnavalet · Public domain
- Born
- 1759. · Rouen.
- Died
- 1838. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- printmaker, draftsperson, artist and publisher.
- Fields
- visual arts and publishing.
- Education
- École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen and Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Teachers
- Jean-Baptiste Descamps and Charles-Nicolas Cochin.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre Guillaume Alexandre Beljambe (10 May 1759 - 9 March 1838) was a prolific French artist, stipple engraver and burin engraver. Some biographies spell his surname Bellejambe, Belejambe or Beljame - in 1824 his two sons (one of whom had a university career) won authorisation to change their surname to Beljame.
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Pierre Beljambe studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jean-Baptiste Descamps and Charles-Nicolas Cochin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts and publishing.
He was born in Rouen, in whose art school he first studied drawing. His tutors there included Descamps and he won the institution's first prize in 1771. He then completed his artistic training at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 1779 to 1782 under the tutelage of Cochin. He was a member of the academies in Rouen, Caen and Orléans. He died in Paris in 1838. He produced engravings after Bellini's Circumcision of Christ, Veronese's The Adoration of the Kings and Happy Love, Danloux's An Old Man Ogling A Young Woman and An Old Man Threatening a Young Woman Mocking Him, Regnault's Cupid Sleeping on Psyche's Breast, Reni's Susanna and the Elders, Michelangelo's Holy Family, Charles Monnet's portrait of Jean Sylvain Bailly (the mayor of Paris), Legrand's The Virtuous Joseph Cange, Jean-Baptiste Greuze's Joseph Chrétien and La Petite Nanette and Cauvet's The Heroism of Love and Love's Victims

Auteur(s): Beljambe, Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre (Rouen, 10–05–1759 - Paris, vers 1820), graveur Moreau, Jean-Michel (dit Moreau le Jeune) (Paris, 26–03–1741 - Paris, 30–11–1814), dessinateur Dejabin, editeur Autre titre: Collection des portraits des deputés a l'Assemblée nationale de 1789 (Titre de l'ensemble) Datation en siècle: 18e siècle Type(s) d'objet(s): Estampe, Arts graphiques Dénomination
Beljambe, Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre (Rouen, 10–05–1759 - Paris, vers 1820), graveur

Identificatie Titel(s): Antieke vrouwelijke figuur in vulkaanlandschap Attention. (titel op object)
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1759
Pierre Beljambe born at Rouen.
1838
Pierre Beljambe died at Paris.
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- “Pierre Beljambe”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Beljambe, Pierre Guillaume Alexandre, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- 1.Archives de Paris, fichier de l'état-civil reconstitué.
- 2.Certaines biographies donnent Bellejambe, Belejambe ou Beljame. Ses deux fils, dont l’un a suivi la carrière universitaire, ont obtenu l’autorisation, en 1824, de changer leur nom en celui de Beljame.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Charles Blanc, Manuel de l’amateur d’estampes, , Paris, Jannet, 1854, .
- Ferdinand Höfer, Nouvelle Biographie générale, , Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1855, .
- Guy Pessiot. Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre Beljambe. La Révolution en Haute-Normandie (1789-1802). Rouen. P'tit Normand. 1987. 2906258180. 464. 228-229.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre Beljambe, Pierre-Guillaume-Alexandre Bellejambe and Pierre Guillaume Alexandre Beljambe. His recorded language was French. Formation and teaching. Beljambe studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen and Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Jean-Baptiste Descamps and Charles-Nicolas Cochin. Beljambe worked in visual arts and publishing. He belonged to Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen, Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Caen and Académie d'Orléans. Recorded as printmaker, draftsperson, artist and publisher.
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