Léon Cogniet
(1794–1880) French painter (1794-1880)
Léon Cogniet (France, 1794–1880) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Léon Cogniet belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Léon Cogniet was born in Paris and died in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris. Léon Cogniet trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Pierre-Narcisse Guérin and Jean-Victor Bertin. Léon Cogniet worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Léon Cogniet with Romanticism. Léon Cogniet became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome for painting, and Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order. The students included Edgar Degas, Rosa Bonheur, Alfred Boucher, and Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.
The best-known works include ‘Scene of July 1830’ and ‘Massacre of the Innocents’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting and portrait. The catalogue has 25 works by Léon Cogniet with free images. The dated works span the years 1817–1856. Works by Léon Cogniet are held by several collections, among them Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, Musée de l'Histoire de France, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, and Wallace Collection.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Denis Foyatier, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, Jan Feliks Piwarski, Louis Petitot, and Jan Maszkowski.