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Charles Meynier (1768-1832) | History painter

Charles Meynier 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.
Meynier was the son of a tailor.
Already at a young age he was trained by Pierre-Philippe Choffard.
He was a proficient student but nevertheless wished to become a painter, so his elder brother Meynier St-Phal, an actor at the Comédie-Française in Paris, paid for him to train from 1785 with François-André Vincent, who then enjoyed a considerable reputation.

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In 1789 he won the Prix de Rome for Joseph Recognized by his Brothers (1789; École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris), jointly with Anne-Louis Girodet.
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.
He made his début at the Salon in 1795.
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.
Like his wife he died of cholera.

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Charles Meynier (Parigi, 24 novembre 1768 – Parigi, 6 settembre 1832) è stato un pittore Francese.
Charles Meynier fu allievo di François-André Vincent e dipinse in prevalenza quadri storici ed allegorici; a lui si debbono i disegni dei bassorilievi e delle statue dell'Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel.
Nato in una famiglia modesta e destinato dal padre a fare il sarto, aveva come unico desiderio quello di diventare un pittore. Fu il fratello maggiore, attore della Comédie-Française, a farlo ammettere nello studio di François Vincent.

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Meynier si impegnò moltissimo, ottenendo così riconoscimenti e successi, sino a vincere un secondo prix de Rome nel 1789.
E fu proprio il soggiorno a Roma che gli permise di completare ed indirizzare il suo talento e le sue scelte di stile.
Perfetto conoscitore dell'anatomia, si espresse assai efficacemente nelle figure e, per la sua padronanza della prospettiva aerea, nelle tele da soffitto.
Meynier non conobbe la fama e il successo che avrebbe meritato, anche se nel 1816 divenne membro dell'Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Nell'estate del 1832 Meynier e sua moglie contrassero il colera. Charles morì agli inizi di settembre, solo qualche giorno dopo di lei.

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