Artist: Francois Le Moyne (1688 - 1737)
Nationality: French
Movement: Rococo
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Francois Le Moyne’s career began when he won the Prix de Rome in 1711 after studying in Paris. He admired the work of Raphael, Correggio, and Peter Paul Rubens and aspired to paint ceiling decorations in their manner. In his work he blended traditional Baroque influences with Rococo colors and figures. In 1728, King Louis XV commissioned Le Moyne to paint the ceiling of the Hercules Salon at Versailles. Not long after, he was named first painter. However, distressed by excessive work, jealousy, and his wifes’ death, Le Moyne stabbed himself nine times and died in 1737.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Head of King Louis XV
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Francois Le Moyne - Diana and Callisto 1723 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Gustave DorÈ , Les gÈmonies du moyne, illustration no.112 on page 127 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855), 1855
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Gustave DorÈ , Le salut du moyne Amador, illustration no. 339 on page 472 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855), 1855
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Gustave DorÈ , Le moyne Amador, qui feut..., illustration no. 337 on page 469 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855), 1855
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Gustave DorÈ , Le moyne sommeille ung petit, illustration no. 343 on page 477 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855) , 1855
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Gustave DorÈ , Le moyne Amador, qui feut..., illustration no. 336 on page 468 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855), 1855
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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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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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Francois de Poilly, Portrait of a man, 17th century
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Francois de Poilly, Portrait of a clergyman, 1664
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Francois Bonvin, La Tisserande, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, La Guitariste, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Rue Croulebarbe, 19th century
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Francois Bonvin, Auguste Pequegnot, 1850
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Francois Bonvin, Mangeur de soupe, 1861
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Francois Georgin, Bataille de Wagram, circa 1835
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Francois Georgin, Apotheose d"Napoleon, circa 1835
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Francois Georgin, Bataille d"Austerlitz, circa 1835
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James Bretherton, Courier Francois (sic), 18th century
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Francois Vivares, Harbor Scene, 18th century
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Pieter de Jode II, Francois Wouters, 17th century
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Joannes Meyssens, Francois Snyders, 17th century
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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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Charles-Francois Eustache, Landscape, 19th century
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Louis Cossin, Francois Chauveau, (after Le Febure), 1668
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Francois L"heureux, Untitled , 16th century

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