Artist: Ernest Meissonier (1815 - 1891)
Nationality: French
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Media: Painting, Illustration, Sculpture
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Biography:
Ernest Meissonier was a French painter who excelled in creating small-format historical paintings. His preferred historical subject matters were the Three Musketeers and the events of Napoleon’s campaigns. He was the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1889. Meissonier was a conceited and disagreeable person and his best paintings were created when he was the most humble.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Façade de l'hôtel Meissonier (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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ERNEST MEISSONIER (1815-1891) (1889) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis de la façade de l'hôtel Meissonier (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Etude pour un autoportrait (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Marco, le chien saint Bernard de l'artiste (1898) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Portrait de l'artiste à cheval (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Têtes de caricature et portrait de Meissonier (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Cor (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Autoportrait (1889 en) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Traits (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Duel (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Drapé (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Homme debout dans un intérieur (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Homme, debout, dans un intérieur (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Paysage (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Gondoliers (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Cavalier, vu de dos (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Portrait de Meissonier, assis, en costume de peintre aux Armées by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Paysage (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Paysage (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Le salut (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Traits (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Etude de vêtement (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Visages (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Un muscadin (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Homme à cheval (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Paysage de campagne (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Torse de hussard (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Tête de Napoléon Ier (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Leçon de lecture (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Profil d'homme (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Napoléon Ier (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Homme debout (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Monogramme A E B (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Général en grande tenue? (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis indéterminé (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis de bâtiment (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Cavalier et une voiture (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Homme agenouillé (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Tête de cheval harnaché (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Etude d'objet (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Femme couchée (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis de selle (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Cavalier tenant un cheval (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis de cavalier (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Allégorie de la peinture (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Tête d'homme vue de profil (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Tête d'homme de profil (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Défilé de troupe (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Lettre manuscrite (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Convoi de prisonniers (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Caricature de scène militaire (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis de cheval (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Tête d'homme, de profil (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Croquis : tête de cheval (?) (1898) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Cavalier vu de face (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Hussard à cheval (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Etude de cheval (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest
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Etude pour Iéna (19e siècle) by MEISSONIER Ernest

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Childs Gallery: Etchings and Drypoints of Ignaz M. Gaugengigl (1855-1932), the “Meissonier of Boston.”
Of the 25 plates known to have been etched by Gaugengigl, several emulated his own paintings, including The Duel, 1902, Happy Hours, 1990 and Andante, 1898. His favorite subjects included French Revolution era genre pictures, costume studies and g...
Museo del Prado: Fortuny, Madrazo and Rico. The Ramon de Errazu Bequest
The core of the bequest is the group of ten works by Mariano Fortuny. It includes major compositions such as Nude on the Beach at Portici, a masterpiece and synthesis of the artist’s late style, as well as Elderly Nude in the Sun, a work that look...

Further Artwork and Information:

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier Online
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ernest Meissonier
Ernest Meissonier (1612 - 1676) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Ernest Meissonier - Observation and Artifice [Index]
Military Art, Ernest Meissonier
(Jean-Louis-)Ernest Meissonier
www.hearts-ease.org/cgi-bin/gallery_index.cgi?ID=32
Jean-louis-ernest Meissonier (1612 - 1676) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Ernest Meissonier
Ernest Meissonier Self Portrait

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