Pierre Prévost
Pierre Prévost (7 December 1764 – 30 August 1823) was the first French panorama painter. Pierre Prévost was born in the city of Montigny-le-Gannelon, he was a student of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. He died in Paris and is buried there in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Pierre Prévost
Unknown author Unknown author, d'après Pierre Prevost · Public domain
- Born
- 1764 · Montigny-le-Gannelon.
- Died
- 1823 · former 1st arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · artist · panoramist
- Languages
- French
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Pierre Prévost (7 December 1764 – 30 August 1823) was the first French panorama painter. Pierre Prévost was born in the city of Montigny-le-Gannelon, he was a student of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. He died in Paris and is buried there in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Louis Daguerre is recorded as having studied under Pierre Prévost. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Pierre Prévost is recorded in the collections of Musée Carnavalet, London Museum and Museum of Fine Arts and of Natural History of Châteaudun.
• View of Paris from the Tuileries, with the help of Constant Bourgeois, Denis Fontaine and Jean Mouchet • The evacuation of Toulon by English in 1793 • Panorama of Lyon • View of Amsterdam • Panorama of Rome • Panorama of Naples • Fleet at Boulogne preparing to invade England • View of the meeting between French and Russian Emperors at Tilsitt • Battle of Wagram • Panorama of Jerusalem • Panorama of Athens • A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, acquired by the Museum of London in July 2018. • Illustration — A Panoramic View of London, from the Tower of St. Margaret's Church, Westminster
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