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See also:MEISSONIER, See also:JEAN See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS ERNEST (1815–1891) , See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Lyons on the 21st of See also:February 1815. From his schooldays he showed a See also:taste for See also:painting, to which some See also:early sketches, dated 1823, See also:bear See also:witness. After being placed with a druggist, he obtained leave from his parents to become an artist, and, owing to the recommendation of a painter named Potier, himself a second class Piix de See also:Rome, he was admitted to See also:Leon Cogniet's studio. He paid See also:short visits to Rome and to See also:Switzerland, and exhibited in the See also:Salon of 1831 a picture then called "See also:Les See also:Bourgeois Flamands " (" Dutch Burghers "), but also known as " The Visit to the Burgomaster," subsequently See also:purchased by See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Wallace, in whose collection (at See also:Hertford See also:House, See also:London) it is, with fifteen other examples of this painter. It was the first See also:attempt in See also:France in the particular genre which was destined to make Meissonier famous: microscopic painting—See also:miniature in See also:oils. Working hard for daily See also:bread at illustrations for the publishers—Curmer, Hetzel and Dubocher—he also exhibited at the Salon of 1836 the " See also:Chess Player " and the " Errand Boy." After some not very happy attempts at religious painting, he returned, under theinfluence of Chenavard, to the class of See also:work he was born to excel in, and exhibited with much success the " See also:Game of Chess " (1841), the " See also:Young See also:Man playing the 'Cello " (1842), " The Painter in his Studio " (1843), " The Guard See also:Room," the " Young Man looking at Drawings," the " Game of See also:Piquet" (1845), and the " Game of See also:Bowls "—See also:works which show the finish and certainty of his technique, and assured his success. After his " Soldiers " (1848) he began " A See also:Day in See also:June," which o was never finished, and exhibited " A Smoker " (1849) and " Bravos" (" Les Bravi," 1852). In 1855 he touched the highest See also:mark of his achievement with " The Gamblers " and " The See also:Quarrel " (" La Rixe"), which was presented by See also:Napoleon III. to the See also:English See also:Court. His See also:triumph was sustained at the Salon of 1857, when he exhibited nine pictures, and drawings; among them the " Young Man of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
Time of the Regency," " The Painter," " The Shoeing See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith," " The Musician," and " A See also:Reading at See also:Diderot's." To the Salon of 1861 he sent " The See also:Emperor at See also:Solferino," " A Shoeing Smith," " A Musician," " A Painter," and " M. Louis See also:Fould "; to that of 1864 another
version of " The Emperor at Solferino," and " 18,4." He
subsequently exhibited " A Gamblers' Quarrel " (1865), and
" Desaix and the See also:Army of the See also:Rhine " (1867). Meissonier worked with elaborate care and a scrupulous observation of nature. Some of his works, as for instance his " 1807," remained ten years in course of See also:execution. To the See also:great See also:Exhibition of 1878 he contributed sixteen pictures: the portrait of See also:Alexandre See also:Dumas which had been seen at the Salon of 1877, " See also:Cuirassiers of 1805," " A Venetian Painter," " See also:Moreau and his See also:Staff before Hohenlinden," a " Portrait of a See also:Lady," the " Road to La Salice," " The Two See also:Friends," " The Outpost of the See also:Grand Guard," " A See also:Scout," and " Dictating his See also:Memoirs." Thence-forward he exhibited less in the Salons, and sent his work to smaller exhibitions. Being chosen See also:president of the Great See also:National Exhibition in 1883, he was represented there by such works as " The See also:Pioneer," " The Army of the Rhine," " The Arrival of the Guests," and " See also:Saint Mark." On the 24th of May 1884 an exhibition was opened at the See also:Petit See also:Gallery of Meissonier's collected works, including 146 examples. As president of the See also:jury on painting at the Exhibition of 1889 he contributed some new pictures. In the following See also:year the New Salon was formed (the National Society of See also:Fine Arts), and Meissonier was president. He exhibited there in 1890 his picture " 1807 "; aid in 1891, shortly after his See also:death, his." See also:Barricade " was displayed there. A less well-known class of work than his painting is a See also:series of etchings: " The Last Supper," " The Skill of Vuillaume the See also:Lute Player," " The Little Smoker," The Old Smoker," the " Preparations for a See also:Duel," " Anglers," " Troopers," " The See also:Reporting Sergeant," and " Polichinelle," in the Hertford House collection. He also tried See also:lithography, but the prints are now scarcely to be found. Of all the painters of the See also:century, Meissonier was one of the most fortunate in the See also:matter of payments. His " Cuirassiers," now in the See also:late duc d'See also:Aumale's collection at See also:Chantilly, was bought from the artist for £1o,000, sold at See also:Brussels for £11,000, and finally resold for £,6,000. Besides his genre portraits, he painted some others: those of " See also:Doctor Lefevre," of " Chenavard," of " See also:Vanderbilt," of " Doctor See also:Guyon," and of " See also:Stanford." He also collaborated with the painter See also:Francais in a picture of " The See also:Park at St See also:Cloud." In 1838 Meissonier married the See also:sister of M. Steinbeil, a painter. Meissonier was attached by Napoleon III. to the imperial staff, and accompanied him during the See also:campaign in See also:Italy am!, at the beginning of the See also:war in 1870. During the See also:siege of See also:Paris 4 in 1871 he was See also:colonel of a marching See also:regiment. In 1840 he was awarded a third-class See also:medal, a second-class medal in 1841, first-class medals in 1843 and 1844 and medals of See also:honour at the great exhibitions. In 1846 he was appointed See also:knight of the See also:Lion of Honour and promoted to the higher grades in 1856, 1867 (June 29), and 188o (See also:July 12), receiving the. Grand See also:Cross in 1889 (Oct. 29). He nevertheless cherished certain ambitions which remained unfulfilled. He hoped to become a See also:professor at the Rcole See also:des See also:Beaux See also:Arta See also:hat the See also:appointment he desired was never given to him. On various occasion...
too, he aspired to be chosen See also:deputy or made senator, but he was not elected. In 1861 he succeeded See also:Abel de Pujol as member of the See also:Academy of Fine Arts. On the occasion of the See also:centenary festival in honour of See also:Michelangelo in 1875 he was the delegate of the See also:Institute of France to See also:Florence, and spoke as its representative. Meissonier was an admirable draughtsman upon See also:wood, his illustrations to Les Conies Remois (engraved by Lavoignat), to Lamartine's Fall of an See also:Angel, to See also:Paul and See also:Virginia, and to The French Painted by Themselves being among the best known. The leading engravers and etchers of France have been engaged upon plates from the works of Meissonier, and many of these plates command the highest esteem of collectors. Meissonier died in Paris on the 21st of See also:January 1891. His son, jean See also:Charles Meissonier, also a painter, was his See also:father's See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil, and was admitted to the See also:Legion of Honour in 1889.
See Alexandre, Histoire de la peinture militaire en France (Paris, 1891) ; See also:Laurens, See also:Notice sur Meissonier (Paris, 1892) ; Greard, Meissonier (Paris and London, 1897) ; T. G. Dumas, Ma£tres modernes (Paris, 1884) ; Ch. Formentin, Meissonier, sa See also:vie—son aauore (Paris, 1901); J. W. Mollett, Illustrated See also:Biographies of See also:Modern Artists: Meissonier (London, 1882). (H.
End of Article: MEISSONIER, JEAN LOUIS ERNEST (1815–1891)
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