Guillaume Guillon Lethière

Guillaume Guillon Lethière
Julien-Léopold Boilly, Public domain

(1760–1832) fransk målare

Guillaume Guillon Lethière (France, 1760–1832) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Guillaume Guillon Lethière belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

Guillaume Guillon Lethière was born in Sainte-Anne and died in Paris. Guillaume Guillon Lethière trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Guillaume Guillon Lethière studied under Jean-Baptiste Descamps. Guillaume Guillon Lethière worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Guillaume Guillon Lethière with Neoclassicism. Guillaume Guillon Lethière became a member of Institut de France and Académie des beaux-arts. Guillaume Guillon Lethière was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Ignace-François Bonhommé, Isidore Pils, and Mélanie Hahnemann.

The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and history painting. The catalogue has 22 works by Guillaume Guillon Lethière with free images. The dated works span the years 1785–1828. Works by Guillaume Guillon Lethière are held by several collections, among them Musée de l'Histoire de France, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, Clark Art Institute, and National Pantheon Museum of Haiti.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois, Jacques Augustin, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Heinrich Meyer, and Christina Charlotta Cederström.