Louis Dupré (painter)

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Dupré's 1821 self-portrait, depicting himself in Istanbul, in the act of making a drawing of the environment while wearing a curved Turkish sword.

Louis Dupré (9 January 1789, Versailles – 12 October 1837, Paris) was a French painter, especially noted for his travels in Greece and the Ottoman Empire and his numerous paintings with Orientalist and Philhellene themes.

He often traveled and changed his work location, including Paris, Kassel (1811–1814), Naples (1814–1816), Rome (1816–1819, 1824–1831), Naples (1819–1820), Istanbul (ca. 1820), Greece (ca. 1820), Paris (1820–1837), and Vienna (1820–1824).

His visit to Greece was on the very eve of the Greek War of Independence.

Gallery

Dupré's depiction of Greek rebels hoisting the flag at Salona, a scene from the early stages of the Greek War of Independence, clearly indicates the painter's Philhellene sympathies.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 37023592 LCCN: no2007123003 ISNI: 0000 0000 6654 6197 GND: 132160331 BNF: cb137700007 ULAN: 500032385

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Name	Dupre, Louis
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Short description	French painter
Date of birth	9 January 1789
Place of birth
Date of death	12 October 1837
Place of death

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