Jean François Bozio

Jean-François Bosio (1764–1827) was a French artist, born in Monaco. He spent some time in Milan, where he used the name Giovanni Battista Bosio.

Life Bosio was born in Monaco and studied under David. He contributed a considerable number of works to the Salon of 1793, including genre portraits, one depicting his wife playing the piano, and historical works. He showed rather fewer works in the salons of 1798, 1801 and 1804. A drawing of 1801, showing a dog demonstrating card tricks at a party, demonstrates the element of caricature in his work. and held the chair of drawing at the Ecole Polytechnique.