Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort Explained

Jean-Antoine-Siméon Fort (28 August 1793  - 24 December 1861)[1] was a French artist who painted in both oil and water colours.[2] The French King Louis-Philippe commissioned several of his works.

Biography

Fort was a student of the landscape painter .[3] In 1842, Fort exhibited four canvases of battles and sieges at the Salon. They had been ordered by King Louis-Philippe for the "musée historique de Versailles". In the following year, he was commissioned to produce a view of the royal residence (View of the Palace of Compiègne (1843)).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: John Denison Champlin. Charles Callahan Perkins. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. 1913. C. Scribner's sons. 73.
  2. Web site: Jean-Antoine-Simeon Fort (French, 1793-1861) . Artnet . 1 September 2013.
  3. Brun-Durand, J. Dictionnaire biographique et biblio-iconographique de la Drôme, Grenoble: Librairie Dauphinoise, 1900, vol. 1, p. 338.
  4. Book: Starcky, Emmanuel . 23 April 2012 . The patronage and collections of Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III during the era of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . Essays from a study day held at the National Gallery, London on 5 and 6 June 2010. Susanna . Avery-Quash . Susanna Avery-Quash. Royal Collection Trust. 978-1905686-75-9. 3, 5 . http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/sites/default/files/V%20and%20A%20Art%20and%20Love%20%28Starcky%29.pdf. 1 September 2013.

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