Abel de Pujol | |
Birth Name: | Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1785 |
Birth Place: | Valenciennes, France |
Death Date: | 29 September 1861 (aged 76) |
Death Place: | 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) |
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. A member of the Institut de France, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur.