MICHALLON, Achille-Etna
(b. 1796, Paris, d. 1822, Paris)

Biography

French landscape painter. He was the first artist to win the Prix de Rome in the historical landscape category. He studied under Jacques-Louis David and Valenciennes and was the teacher of Corot. He exhibited at the 1812 Salon. He died early of pneumonia in 1822.



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