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Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (25 March 1783, in Toulon – 19 January 1855, in Paris) was a French portrait and history painter.

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Biography

He was born into a working-class family that moved to Marseille when his father acquired a locksmithing business there in 1794. During his apprenticeship in that trade, he also studied drawing at a local school and displayed some talent for it.[1] Soon, he was spending all of his free time painting. During this time he befriended another aspiring painter, Augustin Aubert, who he joined in Paris in 1802, financing the trip by selling works to a local Baron who was an amateur art enthusiast. After that point, he devoted himself exclusively to painting.

For a short time, he was employed as an assistant to François Gérard while serving as an unpaid apprentice in the studios of François-André Vincent.[1] In Gérard's studio, he prepared the canvases by painting clothing, drapery and miscellaneous items. Most of his earnings were sent home to help support his family. After a time, he became bored with such tedious work and, in 1810, submitted some of his paintings to the Salon where they were generally well received.

Vivant Denon asked him to help decorate the ceiling at the Tuileries Palace, but the project was never finished due to the Bourbon Restoration. After that, he helped to renovate the Palace of Versailles and restore the paintings there.[1] In 1817, he won a gold medal for "Jésus mort et la Mère des douleurs" (Jesus who Died and the Mother of Sorrows), created for the Baltimore Basilica, the oldest major Catholic structure in the United States.

In 1822 his tableau "Anchise et Vénus" attracted the attention of King Louis XVIII, which earned him the Légion d'honneur and, two years later, the honor of painting the King's portrait. In 1828, he was appointed the Director of drawing and painting at the Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur. He also gave private lessons. During the reign of King Louis Philippe, he continued to receive numerous public commissions.

A few months after his death, a major exhibition of his paintings was given at the Exposition Universelle (1855). Some of his works have been mistakenly attributed to Pierre-Narcisse Guérin or Jean-Urbain Guérin, and vice versa. Neither of them were related to him.

References

Further reading

• André Alauzen and Laurent Noet, Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Jeanne Laffitte, Marseille (2006) ISBN 978-2-86276-441-2

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin.

• Paulin Guérin @ the Base Joconde
• À propos du portrait de Chateaubriand @ La Tribune de l'Art

На других языках

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[de] Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin

Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (* 25. März 1783 in Toulon; † 19. Januar 1855 in Paris) war ein französischer Maler des Klassizismus.

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- [en] Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin

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[es] Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin

Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (Tolón, 25 de marzo de 1783 – París, 19 de enero de 1855), fue un retratista y pintor de historia.

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[fr] Paulin Guérin

Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, né à Toulon le 25 mars 1783 et mort à Paris le 19 janvier 1855, est un peintre français.

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[it] Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin

Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (Tolone, 25 marzo 1783 – Parigi, 19 gennaio 1855) è stato un pittore francese.

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[ru] Герен, Жан-Батист Полен

Жан-Батист Полен Герен (фр. Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, 25 марта 1783, Тулон — 19 января 1855, Париж) — французский художник, современник Пьера Герена. Во Франции художника обычно называют Поленом Гереном, но в русской традиции он часто фигурирует как Жан-Батист Герен.

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