Artist: Francois Gerard (1770 - 1837)
Nationality: French
Movement: Neoclassicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Although born in France, Francois Gerard was raised in Rome where he acquired his adoration of classical Italian painting. In 1782, he returned to Paris and trained under sculptor Augustin Pajou and painter Jacques-Louis David. He became the latter’s assistant in 1791. Two years later, he began supporting himself and his younger brother by illustrating literature editions. He reputation as a portraitist was founded in 1796 when he received a portrait commission from miniature painter, Jean-Baptiste Isabey. Gerard was honored in all of the post French Revolution courts and was made a baron by Louis XVIII in 1789.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Francois-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gerard 1836-c. 1838 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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Gerard Edelinck, Francois Pithou, circa 1700
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Francois-Seraphin Delpech, Gerard Comte de Nevers 1440, 18th - 19th century
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Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, Comtesse de Morel- Vinde and her Daughter ( The Music Lesson), 1799
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Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, The Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December 1806, 18th - 19th century
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Artist: attributed to Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard Title: Louis-Phillipe and his Sons, the Duke of Chartres
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Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, General Rapp Reporting to Napoleon the Defeat of the RussianImperial Guard, Austerlitz (2 December 1805), 1810
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Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, Daphnis...thirteenth plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1, 18th - 19th century
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Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, Les Trois Ages...twenty second plate in the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1, 18th - 19th century
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Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, Portrait: de S.A.R.Madame La Duchesse D"Orleans...third plate in the the book... Galerie lithographiÈe de son Altesse royale Monseigneur le Duc d* OrlÈans (Paris: Bureau de la Galerie ä [1830?]), vol. 1, 18th - 19th
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Father of Psyche
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Figures facing right: a study for the left
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Figures facing right: a study for the left
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Study of a man leading three horses
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Figures facing right: a study for the left
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Study of the central figures of Achilles Swearing
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Study of a striding man [Automedon]; Verso:
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Three variant studies of Automedon [the left side
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Proportional study of a man holding a
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Four studies of a striding man with
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Frontal study of a seated man and
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Two groups of warriors facing right, studies
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Study of a draped woman facing left;
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Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard, French, 1770-1837 Recto: Study of a man seated in a
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Francois Bonvin, Francois Bonvin gravant a l"eau forte, 1861
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Francois-Guillaume Menageot - The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the Arms of Francois I c. 1781 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Artist: attributed to François Lemoine and or possibly Jean-François de Troy Title: Cleopatra Date: 18th
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Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard - Louis-Phillippe and His Sons, the Duke of Chartes and of Nemours c. 1830-32 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Jacques Louis David - Madame Francois Buron 1769 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Francois Bonvin, The etcher, 1861
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Francois de Poilly, , 17th century
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Francois Vivares, Landscape, 1743
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Francois Vivares, Landscape, 1741
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Francois de Poilly, Portrait of a man, 1657
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Jean-August-Dominique Ingres - Portrait of Pierre-Francois Bernier 1800 oil on paper mounted Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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John Singer Sargent - Mme. Francois Buloz (Christine Blaze) 1879 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Francois Vivares, Landscape, 18th century
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Eugene Delacroix - A Portrait of Dr. Francois-Marie Desmaisons c. 1832-33 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Francois Bonvin, Boy with a bowl of soup, 1861
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Francois Bonvin, The Weaver, 19th century

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