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Fernand Cormon
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French painter (1845-1924)
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Fernand Cormon, born Fernand-Anne Piestre in Paris in 1845, was a French painter and lithographer associated with the academic art movement. He studied under Jean-François Portaels, Alexandre Cabanel, and Eugène Fromentin at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. His professional career included teaching at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, where his students included Émile Bernard, Emanuel Vigeland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and Pierre Gandon. He also worked as a lithographer and produced works in the genre of history painting.
Cormon was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and received the Knight, Officer, and Commander distinctions of the Legion of Honour. He was the son of Eugène Cormon and occasionally used the pseudonym Fernand Cornon. He died in the 8th arrondissement of Paris in 1924 following a traffic collision. He spoke French and is recorded as having created two works.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- A Celebrated Case
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1810-05-05
- Active to
- 1903-03
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Father
- Eugène Cormon
- Occupation
- lithographer
- Educated at
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Employer
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Eugène Fromentin
- Genre
- history painting
- Movement
- academic art
- Image
- Fernand Cormon 1910-15.jpg
- Residence
- Paris
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- Commons category
- Fernand Cormon
- date of birth
- 1845-12-24
- date of death
- 1924-03-20
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- pseudonym
- Fernand Cornon
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons Creator page
- Fernand Cormon
- birth name
- Fernand-Anne Piestre
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- name in native language
- Fernand Cormon
- has works in the collection
- The Elms
- place of burial
- Montmartre Cemetery
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Fernand Cormon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana