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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon and his military sieges and manoeuvres in paintings acclaimed both for the artist's mastery of fine detail and his assiduous craftsmanship. The English art critic John Ruskin examined his work at length under a magnifying glass, "marvelling at Meissonier's manual dexterity and e…
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culture · French painter (1815–1891) · sculptor · painter · politician · illustrator · exlibrist · miniature painter · draftsperson · etcher · lithographer · watercolorist · also Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, Ernest Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier, Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier, Meissonier, E. Meissonnier
Born 21 February 1815 · Died 31 January 1891 · Q354786
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Meissonier's painting Joueurs d’échecs was restituted to the heirs of Marguerite Stern, from whom it was looted under the Nazis
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1891· 1 entry
Died 1891-01-31.
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1890· 3 entries
Ernest Meissonier was elected its first chairman, but he died soon; his successor was Puvis de Chavannes
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Career landmark: chairperson (1890).
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His painting 1807; and in 1891, shortly after his death, his Barricade was displayed there
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1889· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1889).
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1883· 1 entry
Was represented there by such works as The Pioneer, The Army of the Rhine, The Arrival of the Guests, and Saint Mark
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1880· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1880).
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1878· 1 entry
Career landmark: Mayor of Poissy (1878–1879).
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1875· 1 entry
Was the delegate of the Institute of France to Florence, and spoke as its representative
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1867· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1867).
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1861· 1 entry
Succeeded Abel de Pujol as member of the Academy of Fine Arts
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1856· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1856).
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1855· 1 entry
Touched the highest mark of his achievement with The Gamblers and The Quarrel (La Rixe), which was presented by Napoleon III to the English Court
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1848· 1 entry
Had indeed seen active service as a captain in the National Guard, when he fought on the side of the republican government during the June Days
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1846· 3 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1846).
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Was appointed knight of the Légion d'honneur and promoted to the higher grades in 1856, 1867 (June 29), and 1880 (July 12), receiving the Grand Cross in 1889 (October 29)
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Purchased a great mansion in Poissy, sometimes known as the Grande Maison
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1840· 1 entry
Was awarded a third-class medal, a second-class medal in 1841, first-class medals in 1843 and 1844 and medals of honour at the great exhibitions
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1838· 1 entry
Meissonier married a Protestant woman from Strasbourg named Emma Steinhel, the sister of M
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1815· 2 entries
Born 1815-02-21.
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Returning from exile on Elba in 1815 he had come ashore at Golfe-Jouan—and the island of Sainte-Marguerite where the Man in the Iron Mask was imprisoned 1686–1698, was a little out to sea
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