Jean-Charles-Alexandre Moreau Explained

Birth Date:	1762
Death Date:	1810
Known For:	History painter
Nationality:	French

Jean-Charles-Alexandre Moreau (1762–1810) was a French history painter, decorative painter and architect.^{[1] [2]} He was born in Rimaucourt near Neufchâteau, Vosges.^[3] He studied architecture in Paris with Louis-François Trouard and won the first prize in architecture in the Prix de Rome competition of 1785.^[4] He visited Rome four times during his career. Later he studied history painting with Jacques-Louis David. From 1797 to 1810, he exhibited at the Paris Salon.^[1] In 1798 he renovated the theatre of the Comédie-Française.^{[1] [5]} According to his entry in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Moreau died in 1810 in Paris.^[1] However, the German Wikipedia cites a study published in 2014, which shows he is identical to a French architect, who in 1803 moved to Austria, where he was known as Karl Moreau, had a very productive career, and died in 1840 (see).^[6]

Bibliography

• Benezit (2006). "Moreau, Charles", vol. 9, p. 1276, in Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Paris: Gründ. .
• Lemonnier, Henry (1926). Procès-verbaux de l'Académie royale d'architecture 1671–1793, volume 9 (1780–1793). Paris: Armand Colin. Title page at Internet Archive.
• Wild, Nicole (2012). Dictionnaire des théâtres parisiens (1807–1914). Lyon: Symétrie. . .

Notes and References

1. Benezit 2006, vol. 9, p. 1276.
2. His full name is given by Wild 2012, p. 513, and by GND ID 124433863 of the German National Library.
3. Benezit 2006 gives his birthplace, but spells it "Rimancour", probably an error.
4. https://archive.org/stream/procsverbaux167109acad#page/163/mode/1up Lemonnier 1926, p. 163
5. Wild 2012, pp. 383, 513.
6. There is a separate entry for "Moreau, Karl Ritter von" (1758–1841), an Austrian painter and architect in Benezit Dictionary of Artists, vol. 9, p. 1282, 2006. His paintings include Oedipus, Atala and Ulysses and Nausicaa, which were exhibited in Vienna from 1834 to 1836.