Jacques Augustin
(1759–1832) fransk målare
Jacques Augustin (France, 1759–1832) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jacques Augustin belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Jacques Augustin was born in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and died in Paris. The teachers included Jean-Baptiste Claudot and Jean Girardet. Jacques Augustin worked in Paris and London. Jacques Augustin was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Lizinska de Mirbel, Alexandre De Latour, Aimée Thibault, and Césarine Davin-Mirvault.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 20 works by Jacques Augustin with free images. The dated works span the years 1774–1822. Works by Jacques Augustin are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Department of Prints and Drawings of the Louvre.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include François Watteau, Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Carle Vernet, Christian Leberecht Vogel, and Carl Fredric von Breda.