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* "Milo of Croton", 1795 Oil on Canvas [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]] Montreal, Quebec |
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* Nine canvases of the Muses, commissioned by François Boyer-Fonfrède<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clevelandart.org/research/conservation/apollo-and-muses|title=Apollo and the Muses|last= |
* Nine canvases of the Muses, commissioned by François Boyer-Fonfrède<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clevelandart.org/research/conservation/apollo-and-muses|title=Apollo and the Muses|last=Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Writers|first=|date=2012-12-10|website=Cleveland Museum of Art|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref>, but after his bankruptcy they were purchased by General Nicolas Antoine Xavier Castella de Berlens and transferred to his château de [[Wallenried]] in [[Canton of Jura|Jura]], Switzerland, where they remained for 180 years.<ref>[[Ghislain de Diesbach]], ''Un nid de souvenirs en Suisse'', in "Connaissance des Arts", n° 192, February 1968, pages 62–67.</ref> They were subsequently transferred to the Cleveland Museum of Art, where conservator Dean Yoder dedicated five years to cleaning and in-painting the damaged works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clevelandart.org/research/conservation/apollo-and-muses|title=Apollo and the Muses|last=Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Writers|first=|date=2012-12-10|website=Cleveland Museum of Art|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> They are currently on public display in Cleveland. |
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**''Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy'', 1798, [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], Cleveland, Ohio |
**''Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy'', 1798, [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], Cleveland, Ohio |
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** ''Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry'', 1798, [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], Cleveland, Ohio |
** ''Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry'', 1798, [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], Cleveland, Ohio |
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Revision as of 10:08, 9 October 2019
Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris – 1832, Paris) was a French painter of historical subjects in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a contemporary of Antoine-Jean Gros und Jacques-Louis David.
Biography
Meynier was the son of a tailor. Already at a young age he was trained by Pierre-Philippe Choffard. As a student of François-André Vincent, Meynier won the second prize in the 1789 prix de Rome competition; Girodet won. He became a member of the Académie de France à Rome. In 1793 he went back to Paris.
He made designs for the bas-reliefs and statues on the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Paris Bourse. From 1816 onward, he was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1819 Meynier was appointed teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts.[1] Like his wife he died of cholera.
Works
- "Milo of Croton", 1795 Oil on Canvas Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal, Quebec
- Nine canvases of the Muses, commissioned by François Boyer-Fonfrède[2], but after his bankruptcy they were purchased by General Nicolas Antoine Xavier Castella de Berlens and transferred to his château de Wallenried in Jura, Switzerland, where they remained for 180 years.[3] They were subsequently transferred to the Cleveland Museum of Art, where conservator Dean Yoder dedicated five years to cleaning and in-painting the damaged works.[4] They are currently on public display in Cleveland.
- 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
- Napoleon in Berlin, 1810, Palace of Versailles
- Wisdom Defending Youth from the Arrows of Love, 1810, National Gallery of Canada
Notes and references
- ^ Funérailles de M. Charles Meynier: par Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier
- ^ Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Writers (2012-12-10). "Apollo and the Muses". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ghislain de Diesbach, Un nid de souvenirs en Suisse, in "Connaissance des Arts", n° 192, February 1968, pages 62–67.
- ^ Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Writers (2012-12-10). "Apollo and the Muses". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
External links
- Exhibition of Meynier's work on La Tribune de l'art
- http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr
Media related to Charles Meynier at Wikimedia Commons
