Abel de Pujol
Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Émile Lévy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris.
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Abel de Pujol
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- Name
- Abel de Pujol
- Birth Name
- Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol
- Born
- 30 January 1785
- Birthplace
- Valenciennes, France
- Died
- 29 September 1861 (aged 76)
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Field
- Painting
- Awards
- Officer of the légion d'honneur
- Spouse
- Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (m. 1856)
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Émile Lévy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris.
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Abel de Pujol (1785–1861) was a French painter. The painter was born in Valenciennes and died in Paris.
Abel de Pujol was educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Abel de Pujol was a member of Académie des beaux-arts.
Works include La clémence de César. The work spans portrait. Works are held at Beaux-Arts de Paris, High Museum of Art and Musée Carnavalet, among others. Awards and honours include Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
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Biography
Biography
A member of the Institut de France, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur.
Abel de Pujol studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. Training under Jacques-Louis David is recorded. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Théophile Vauchelet and Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy are recorded as having studied under Abel de Pujol. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Jacques-Louis David is recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are La clémence de César. Work by Abel de Pujol is recorded in the collections of Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Musée Carnavalet and Beaux-Arts de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
The Studio of Abel de Pujol
Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy · Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
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• Name — Abel de Pujol • Birth Name — Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol • Born — 30 January 1785 • Birthplace — Valenciennes, France • Died — 29 September 1861 (aged 76) • Place of death — Paris, France • Field — Painting • Works — Ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre, galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau, ceiling of the Bourse de Paris • Awards — Officer of the légion d'honneur • Spouse — Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (m. 1856) • Illustration — Abel de Pujol, ca.1860. Photograph by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Selected works
Selected works
• Illustration — Caesar going to the Senate on the Ides of March • Illustration — The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots • Illustration — Sisyphus eternally rolls his rock
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Abel de Pujol is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
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1785
Abel de Pujol born at Valenciennes.
1861
Abel de Pujol died at Paris.
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Valenciennes.
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Paris.
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Students
• Julien Hudson, (1811–1844) • François Debon, (1816–1872) • Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy, (1798–1869) who married him • Auguste Désiré Saint-Quentin, (1833–1906) • Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, (1803–1860) • Alphonse Lami, (1822-1867)
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Abel de Pujol received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix de Rome and resident at the Villa Medici.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q704494: Abel de Pujol
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- “Abel de Pujol”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 116239689, Abel de Pujol, Alexandre Denis.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Théodore Pelloquet Dictionnaire de poche des artistes contemporains Paris 1858
- Georges Rouget Notice sur Abel de Pujol, peintre d'histoire, membre de l'Institut typ. de E. Prignet Paris 1861 on Googlebooks
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 116239689, Abel de Pujol, Alexandre Denis.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q704494: Abel de PujolWikimedia Foundation
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Abel de Pujol studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. He trained under Jacques-Louis David. His recorded influences include Jacques-Louis David. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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