François Devosge, François III Devosge or Claude François III (25 January 1732, Gray, Haute-Saône

Gray, Haute-Saône

Gray is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France. It has a population of 6,175 inhabitants .-Geography:Gray is situated on the banks of the Saône River...

 - 22 December 1811, Dijon

Dijon

Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....

) was a French portraitist and history painter. He was a student of François Rude

François Rude

François Rude was a French sculptor. He was the stepfather of Paul Cabet, a sculptor.Born in Dijon, he worked at his father's trade as a stovemaker till the age of sixteen, but received training in drawing from François Devosges, where he learned that a strong, simple contour was an invaluable...

, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon and Claude Hoin and is best known for his work as the founder of the école de dessin de Dijon. His son Anatole Devosge

Anatole Devosge

Anatole Devosge was a French painter.Born in Dijon, he was the son of painter François Devosge and grandson of sculptor Claude François Devosge. He was one of the many artists trained in the studio of Jacques-Louis David. David's work Les derniers moments de Michel Lepeletier survives only in a...

 (1770-1850) was also a painter, whilst his father Claude François Devosge (1697-1777) was a sculptor and architect.