Jean-Hilaire Belloc

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Jean-Hilaire Belloc (27 November 1786, Nantes - 9 December 1866, Paris) was a French painter.

Life

He was a student in the studio of Antoine Gros then of Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He won a medal at the 1810 Paris Salon for his Death of Gaul, friend of Ossian.^[1]

He was professor of drawing at the l'École-de-Médecine. He was made a Chevalier of the légion d'honneur in 1864. A bust of him was placed in the cimetière du Père Lachaise in November 2006.^[2]

Family

On 2 June 1821 he married the writer Louise Swanton, who was also a translator of English poetry into French. Their grandchildren include the writers Marie Belloc Lowndes and Joseph Hilaire Belloc.

Works

Arthur Dillon, by Jean-Hilaire Belloc

Death of Gaul, friend of Ossian, 1810
The Flight into Egypt, 1812
The Resting of the Holy Family, 1831
Madame Belloc, His Daughter and the Painter, 1831 (Louvre)
Portrait of Arthur Dillon, 1834 (museum of Versailles), right
Death of Saint Louis, 1838
Portrait of a lady in a chapeau-cloche, (Musée Magnin Dijon)^[3]

Notes & Sources

↑ Dictionnaire Nouveau Larousse illustré, tome deuxième claude augé
↑ site Association des Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise
↑ Ministère de la culture - base Joconde

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Name	Belloc
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Short description	French painter
Date of birth	27 November 1786
Place of birth
Date of death	9 December 1866
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