Charles Meynier
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Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris - 1832, Paris) was a French painter. A student of François-André Vincent, Meynier won the second prize in the 1789 prix de Rome competition. He made designs for the bas-reliefs and statues on the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and was, from 1816 onward, a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Biography
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Works
- He made nine canvases of the Muses, commissioned by Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède, now held at château de Wallenreid in Switzerland, (Jura).[1] General Castella de Berlens, during a stay in Paris, bought these works.
- Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy, 1798, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry, 1798, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Clio, Muse of History, 1800, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry, 1800, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, 1800, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Notes and references
- ↑ Ghislain de Diesbach, « Un nid de souvenirs en Suisse », Connaissance des Arts, n° 192, February 1968, pages 62-67.
See also
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