Nicolas-Jacques Conté
Painting, Visual Artist
1755 – 1805
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Who was Nicolas-Jacques Conté?
Nicolas-Jacques Conté was a French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern pencil.
He was born at Saint-Céneri-près-Sées in Normandy, and distinguished himself for his mechanical genius which was of great avail to the French army in Egypt. Napoleon called him “a universal man with taste, understanding and genius capable of creating the arts of France in the middle of the Arabian Desert.”
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1755
Aunou-sur-Orne - Also known as
- Nicolas-Jacques Conte
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Dec 6, 1805
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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