Louis Français
(1814–1897) fransk målare
Louis Français (France, 1814–1897) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Louis Français belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Louis Français was born in Plombières-les-Bains and died in 6th arrondissement of Paris. The teachers included Jean Gigoux and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot. Wikidata associates Louis Français with Barbizon school. Louis Français became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Louis Aimé Japy.
The best-known works include ‘Coupe de bois près de Louveciennes’, ‘Daphnis and Chloé’, and ‘Jean Français’. The catalogue has 10 works by Louis Français with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1884. Works by Louis Français are held by several collections, among them Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Musée d’Orsay, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Mikhail Scotti, Antoine Chintreuil, Johan Georg Schwartze, Elise Thérèse Daiwaille, and Henri Lehmann.