Jean-Joseph Dassy Explained
Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer, was born at Marseilles on 27 December 1791, and died in the same city on 27 July 1865.
He studied under Girodet-Trioson, and commenced exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1819. There are several pictures by him at Versailles, among which are 'The Battle of Saucourt' and 'Charibert.'
Biography
Jean-Joseph Dassy was born on 27 December 1791 in Marseille. His father was a mason. His younger brother Louis-Toussaint Dassy was destined for the priesthood while his other two younger brothers, Pierre and Hippolyte, helped their father in his marble workshop. Three of his sisters were nuns.
Initially a student of Goubaud and Aubert at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, he then went to Paris where, in 1817, he became one of the best students of Girodet-Trioson.[1]
Works
Historical scenes
Museum of Art and History of Cholet
- General Précy, 1829,[2] deposit of the National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon, 1914.
- Combat of Robert, Duke of Normandy, with a Saracen Warrior
National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon
- Caribert, Frankish King of Paris and Western Gaul (died in 567)
- Louis I the Pious (778-840), Emperor of the West
Religious scenes
Further reading
- Web site: Parrocel. Étienne-Antoine. Annales de la peinture. Ch. Albessard and Bérard. 428–429. French. 1862.
- Book: Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Jeanne Laffitte. Alauzen, André. Laurent Noet . 148. French. 9782862764412. 1986.
Notes and References
- Masson, Paul (under the direction of), Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône (in French), Departmental archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 17 volumes published from 1913 to 1937, Volume VI, p. 402.
- Web site: The works of Jean-Joseph Dassy. L'Internaute. 17 May 2014.
