Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
(1774–1833) fransk målare
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (France, 1774–1833) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin was born in Paris and died in Rome. Pierre-Narcisse Guérin trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Jean Hugues Taraval, Nicolas-Guy Brenet, and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Pierre-Narcisse Guérin worked in Paris, Rome, Naples, and Naples. Wikidata associates Pierre-Narcisse Guérin with Neoclassicism. Pierre-Narcisse Guérin became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. Pierre-Narcisse Guérin was awarded Prix de Rome. The students included Antoine Julien Potier, Théodore Géricault, Édouard Cibot, and Paul Huet.
One of the best-known works is ‘The Return of Marcus Sextus’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 22 works by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin with free images. The dated works span the years 1793–1820. Works by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Hermitage Museum, Museum of the French Revolution, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Wikidata links 7 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Marie-Denise Villers, Constance Mayer, Raphaelle Peale, Caspar David Friedrich, and W. J. Coffee.