Vernet
Horace Vernet
1789-1863
Vernet was born in Paris in 1789 and died there in 1863. He was the grandson of the famous landscape artist, Joseph Vernet, and the son of Carle Vernet, noted as a history painter. In addition to the training he received from his father and from his mother's father, Moreau le Jeune, Vernet also studied with Francois Vincent. He made a successful debut at the Salon of 1810, exhibiting works in the style of his father, but was soon influenced by Gericault and other masters of the Romantic movement. From 1829 to 1835 Vernet was Ingres's immediate predecessor as Director of the French Academy in Rome, where the Kress portrait was painted. Under Louis-Philippe, he was commissioned to paint large battle paintings for the Galerie Historique at Versailles. Vernet traveled extensively to the Near East; his paintings of Egyptian, Syrian, Palestinian, and Algerian subjects, like all his other works, were very well received. His prolific output also included satirical subjects for lithography.
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