biography
| name: |
Gros, Antoine Jean, Baron
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pronunciation:
[groh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1771–1835)
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| biography:
| Historical painter, born in Paris, France. He studied under David in 1785, became his close friend and admirer, and achieved fame through his colourful and lively depictions of the battles of Napoleon's armies (1797–1811). After David's death (1825) he became leader of the Classical school of painting and is regarded as the precursor of Romanticism, influencing Géricault and Delacroix. His works include ‘The Battle of Aboukir’ (1806), ‘Departure of Louis XVIII for Ghent’ (1815), and ‘Charles V and Francis I’ (1872). He was made a baron by Charles XI for his decoration of the dome of the Pantheon. Later he attempted a return to Classicism, found his work ignored, and drowned himself in the Seine. |
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