Frédéric Millet
Frédéric Millet (28 July 1786[1] - 20 October 1859) was a French miniature painter and watercolourist, depicting First French Empire figures such as Anne Charles François de Montmorency, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Maria Josepha Hermengilde Esterházy, Xavier Leprince, Alexandre du Sommerard, Napoleon's second wife Marie Louise and the Orléans, Bassano and Montebello families.[2] Despite his surname he was not related to the painter Jean-François Millet.
Life
He was born in Charlieu to the joiner Louis Millet and his wife Jeanne-Marie Girard. He studied under Aubry and Isabey and first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1806. He married Marie-Henriette Rioux (future founder of the 'salles d'asile' in Paris) in 1810[3] - their children were Émile (1813-1882), Aimé (1819-1891) and Anne (1822-1878). He died at home on Rue d'Amsterdam in Paris.[4]
References
- ↑ "Acte de baptême de Frédéric Millet du 28 juillet 1786, né le même jour, vue 94 / 131". Archives départementales de la Loire (in French).
- ↑ "Le Figaro, du 3 novembre 1859" (in French).
- ↑ "Les Artistes du Forez à l'Exposition de Paris, page 10" (in French).
- ↑ "Archives reconstituées de Paris, copie de l'acte de décès, année 1869 (vue 47/51)" (in French).
External links
- Millet, Frédéric. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. October 31, 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00123042. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
- "Frederic Millet (1786-1859)". www.bridgemanimages.com.
- "Frédéric Millet". britishmuseum.org.
- "Millet, Frederic (French painter, 1786-1859)". Getty Museum Union List of Artist Names.