About Guillaume-François Colson
Lived 1785 – 1850 (aged 64–65). Guillaume-François Colson was a French painter.
Entry of General Bonaparte into Alexandria, oil on canvas, 365 × 500 cm, ca. 1800, Versailles Guillaume François Colson, a French historical painter, and pupil of David, was born in Paris in 1785, and died there in 1860.
Among other works, he painted the 'Entry of General Bonaparte into Alexandria,' which is at Versailles.
He also painted various family portraits and scenes of the upper classes in his idle moments, which could be seen as forerunners to artists such as Boudin and the Impressionists who were working decades later.
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French painter (1785-1850)
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Guillaume-François Colson was born on 1 May 1785 in Paris.
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Guillaume-François Colson died in 1850 in Paris.
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