François Étienne Victor de Clinchamp explained

François Étienne Victor de Clinchamp (20 October 1787 in Toulon – 22 September 1880 in Paris) was a French painter and author.

Biography

He was the son of Charles François René de Clinchamp, student of the Royal Military School, infantry captain, and of Claire Victoire Fortunée Bonnefoi.^[1] His family, one of the oldest in Normandy, had settled in Toulon.^[2] He married Alexandrine Françoise Crette de Palluel in Paris on August 21, 1820.^[3]

He was destined to a naval career, but his health failing he went to Paris, where he studied painting under Le Barbier and Peyron then with Girodet.^{[4] [5]}

Nevertheless, he was called to direct the Toulon School of drawing of the Navy.^{[6] [7]} He painted a considerable number of religious paintings for several churches in the South of France: Christ healing the Sick of the Palsy, The Sons of Zebedee, The Death of Phocion, The Baptism of Saint-Mandrier^[8] and a Crucifixion, which was his best exhibited work.^{[4] [5]}

He has contributed to several newspapers, including the Ami du Bien of Marseille.^[9] He wrote some works on perspective, and several dramatic pieces.^[5] Around 1820 he invented a device named noctograph to allow blind people to read.^[10]

He took part in the Paris Salon in 1840 and 1841.^{[11] [5]}

Works

• Éléments de perspective linéaire et aérienne (Paris,1820)
• Nouveau traité de la perspective des ombres et de la théorie des reflets (Toulon, 1825)
• Recueil de Fables nouvelles (Toulon, 1829)
• Cours complet de perspective linéaire et aérienne (1840)
• Book: François-Étienne-Victor De Clinchamp . Nouveau traité de la perspective linéaire, à l'usage des artistes et des écoles de dessin; dans lequel on trouvera les réflections des miroirs .... https://books.google.com/books?id=WPY9AAAAcAAJ . 1840 . Carilian-Goeury. fr.
• A collection of small society plays and dramas, Rodolphe de Vart, Christine à Fontainebleau, etc.^[9]

Honours

Knight of the French Legion of Honour.^[4]

Legacy

• A street is named after him in Toulon. (43.1382°N 5.9076°W)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Book: . Nobiliaire universel de France, ou recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume . 1814 . 503 . fr.
2. Book: Société de l'histoire de l'art français . Archives de l'art français . 1852 . F. de Nobele . Paris . 4 March 2021 . fr.
3. Collaborative Indexes . Mayet Collection: Wedding Tables from All Parisian Parishes . Feb 24, 2021 . 1795–1862 . 5 March 2021.
4. Book: Annuaire historique et biographique des souverains. 1846 . À la direction des archives historiques . 27 . fr.
5. Book: Bryan, Michael . Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical . I . 1886 . G. Bell and Sons. 284.
6. Web site: Individual personnel file . servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr . Service historique de la Défense . 4 March 2021 . fr.
7. Book: Annales maritimes et coloniales: publiées avec l'approbation du ministre de la marine et des colonies . 1820 . Imprimerie royale . 4 March 2021 . fr.
8. Web site: Tableau et statues - Saint Mandrier . Fondation du patrimoine . 8 October 2020 . fr . 30 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030235149/https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/tableau-et-statues-saint-mandrier . dead .
9. Book: Dreyfus . Camille . La grande encyclopédie : inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Tome 11 . 1885–1902 . Société anonyme de “La Grande encyclopédie” . Paris . 680 . 5 March 2021 . fr.
10. Web site: Dictionnaire du livre . 8 October 2020 . fr.
11. Web site: Griffiths . Harriet . Mill . Alister . Database of Salon Artists . 8 October 2020.
12. Web site: Rue Francois de Clinchamp on the map of Toulon . Street view . 8 October 2020.