Léon Cogniet
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French painter (1794-1880)
Key facts
- Born
- Léon Cogniet , 29 August 1794, Paris, France
- Died
- 20 November 1880 (aged 86), Paris, France
- Education
- Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
- Known for
- Painting
- Movement
- Romanticism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
- Sibling
- Marie-Amélie Cogniet
- Occupation
- draftsperson
- Educated at
- French Academy in Rome
- Employer
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Jean-Victor Bertin
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Image
- Léon Cogniet self-portrait 1818.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Léon Cogniet
- date of birth
- 1794-08-29
- date of death
- 1880-11-20
- Commons gallery
- Léon Cogniet
- Commons Creator page
- Léon Cogniet
- student
- Wilhelm Amberg
- has works in the collection
- Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
- name in native language
- Léon Cogniet
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
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Encyclopedic overview
Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter. He is probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one hundred students, some of them notable.
Biography
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