Antoine jean gros biography of albert


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Antoine-Jean Gros

French academic artist
Date of Birth:
Country: France

Content:
  1. Early Life and Education
  2. Flight and European Travels
  3. Service to Napoleon
  4. Triumphs in the Salon
  5. Later Years and Legacy
  6. Significant Works:

Early Life and Education

Antoni-Jean Gros was born in Paris, France in and displayed an early talent for art.

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    • At the tender age of 14, he became a student of Jacques-Louis David, who had a profound influence on his artistic development. In , Gros enrolled in the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

    Flight and European Travels

    As the French Revolution intensified, Gros fled to Italy in He spent time in Florence and Genoa, where he studied Renaissance masterpieces and befriended artists and intellectuals such as François-Xavier Fabre and Countess d'Albany.

    In , he returned to Genoa and met Napoleon's wife, Josephine de Beauharnais.

    Service to Napoleon

    Napoleon Bonaparte recognized Gros's talent and commissioned him to paint portraits