Jean Gigoux
(1806–1894) French painter (1806-1894)
Jean Gigoux (France, 1806–1894) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Jean Gigoux belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jean Gigoux was born in Besançon and died in Besançon. Jean Gigoux trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Jean Gigoux studied under Charles-Antoine Flajoulot. Jean Gigoux worked in Paris. Jean Gigoux was awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Léopold Flameng, Henri Charles Antoine Baron, Andrzej Jerzy Mniszech, and René Leverd.
The best-known works include ‘The good samaritan’ and ‘Portrait d'homme’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 6 works by Jean Gigoux with free images. The dated works span the years 1830–1880. Works by Jean Gigoux are held by Boyer collection, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon, Maison de Balzac, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Louis Joseph César Ducornet, Louis Boulanger, Petrus van Schendel, Michel Delaporte, and Giacinto Gigante.