François-Léon Benouville
Painting, Visual Artist
1821 – 1859
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Who was François-Léon Benouville?
François-Léon Benouville was a French painter.
Léon Benouville first studied with his elder brother Jean-Achille Benouville in the studio of François-Edouard Picot before he transferred to École des Beaux-Arts in 1837. Like his brother he received the Prix de Rome in 1845. In Rome, as a Prix de Rome pensionary at the Villa Medici. His works produced in Rome are influenced by early Christianity and often show representations of antiquity.
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- Born
- Mar 30, 1821
Paris - Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 16, 1859
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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