About Gilles-François Closson
Lived 1796 – 1842 (aged 45–46). Gilles-François Closson was a Belgian painter.
Gilles-François Closson (1796–1842), born in Liège, was a landscape painter, known as the Corot of Liège. In 1817, he went to Paris for seven years, where he was educated by Antoine-Jean Gros. In 1825 he went to Rome where he specialized in landscapes. He returned to Liège at the end of 1829. He became professor at the Academy of Liège in 1837 until his death.
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Belgian painter (1796-1842)
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Gilles-François Closson was born in 1796 in Liège.
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Gilles-François Closson died in 1842 in Liège.
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Gilles-François Closson was a painter.
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Gilles-François Closson was Belgian.
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