biography
| name: |
Flandrin, Jean Hippolyte
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pronunciation:
[flãdrĩ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1809–64)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Lyon, SC France. A gifted portraitist, he studied under Ingres, who greatly influenced his work, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1832. His frescoes in the Church of St Germain-des-Près confirm his importance as a 19th-c religious painter. |
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