Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol
(1785–1861) fransk målare
Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol (France, 1785–1861) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol was born in Valenciennes and died in Paris. Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris, École supérieure d'art et de design de Valenciennes, and French Academy in Rome. Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol studied under Jacques-Louis David. Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome, and resident at the Villa Medici. The students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Théophile Vauchelet, Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy, and Gustave Achille Guillaumet.
One of the best-known works is ‘La clémence de César’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 4 works by Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol with free images. The dated works span the years 1806–1850. Works by Alexandre Denis Abel de Pujol are held by Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes and Département des peintures du Louvre.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, François Rude, Giovanni Migliara, Ferdinand Olivier, and Georg Friedrich Kersting.