François-Édouard Picot

François-Édouard Picot
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(1786–1868) fransk målare

François-Édouard Picot (France, 1786–1868) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, François-Édouard Picot belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

François-Édouard Picot was born in Paris and died in Paris. François-Édouard Picot trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included François-André Vincent and Jacques-Louis David. François-Édouard Picot worked in Paris. Wikidata associates François-Édouard Picot with Neoclassicism. François-Édouard Picot became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. François-Édouard Picot was awarded Prix de Rome. The students included Édouard Cibot, Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour, Alexandre Cabanel, and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Siege of Calais’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait painting, nude, and history painting. The catalogue has 15 works by François-Édouard Picot with free images. The dated works span the years 1817–1846. Works by François-Édouard Picot are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Fitzwilliam Museum, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Musée de l'Histoire de France.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol, Otto Magnus Stackelberg, Franz Kadlik, Bengt Erland Fogelberg, and Jean Alaux.