Jean-Hilaire Belloc
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Jean-Hilaire Belloc was a French painter.
. He won a medal at the 1810 Paris Salon
for his Death of Gaul, friend of Ossian
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He was professor of drawing at the l'École-de-Médecine. He was made a Chevalier of the légion d'honneur
in 1864.
A bust of him was placed in the cimetière du Père Lachaise in November 2006.
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Life
He was a student in the studio of Antoine Gros then of Jean-Baptiste RegnaultJean-Baptiste Regnault
Jean-Baptiste Regnault was a French painter.Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to Italy by M. de Monval under the care of Bardin...
. He won a medal at the 1810 Paris Salon
Paris Salon
The Salon , or rarely Paris Salon , beginning in 1725 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the Western world...
for his Death of Gaul, friend of Ossian
Ossian
Ossian is the narrator and supposed author of a cycle of poems which the Scottish poet James Macpherson claimed to have translated from ancient sources in the Scots Gaelic. He is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, anglicised to Finn McCool, a character from Irish mythology...
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He was professor of drawing at the l'École-de-Médecine. He was made a Chevalier of the légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
in 1864.
A bust of him was placed in the cimetière du Père Lachaise in November 2006.
Family
On 2 June 1821 he married the writer Louise Swanton, who was also a translator of English poetry into French. Their grandchildren include the writers Marie Belloc Lowndes and Joseph Hilaire BellocHilaire Belloc
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist...
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Works
- Death of Gaul, friend of Ossian, 1810
- The Flight into Egypt, 1812
- The Resting of the Holy Family, 1831
- Madame Belloc, His Daughter and the Painter, 1831 (Louvre)
- Portrait of Arthur DillonArthur Dillon (1750-1794)*Biographie moderne, Paris Eymery Éditeur ;...
, 1834 (museum of VersaillesPalace of VersaillesThe Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....
), right - Death of Saint Louis, 1838
- Portrait of a lady in a chapeau-cloche, (Musée Magnin Dijon)