Fernand Cormon

Fernand Cormon
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain

(1845–1924) fransk målare

Fernand Cormon (France, 1845–1924) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Fernand Cormon belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Fernand Cormon was born in Paris and died in 8th arrondissement of Paris. Fernand Cormon trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Jean-François Portaels, Alexandre Cabanel, and Eugène Fromentin. Wikidata associates Fernand Cormon with academic art. Fernand Cormon became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Commander of the Legion of Honour and Officier de l'Instruction publique. The students included Émile Bernard, Nicolas Untersteller, Pierre-Eugène Clairin, and André-François Breuillaud.

The best-known works include ‘Cain flying before Jehovah's Curse’, ‘Émile Loubet’, and ‘Nude’. The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 19 works by Fernand Cormon with free images. The dated works span the years 1874–1900. Works by Fernand Cormon are held by several collections, among them Musée d’Orsay, Nationalmuseum, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau. Wikidata links 4 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Richard Buchta, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Louisa Starr-Canziani, Anna Petersen, and François-Joseph Luigi Loir.