About Joseph-Noël Sylvestre
Lived 1847 – 1926 (aged 79). Joseph-Noël Sylvestre was a French painter.
Joseph-Noël Sylvestre (24 June 1847 – 29 October 1926) was a French artist, notable for his studies of classic scenes from antiquity.
Life Joseph-Noël Sylvestre was born on 24 June 1847 in Béziers in South-West France.
He began his training as an artist first in Toulouse under Thomas Couture, then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel. He was an exponent of the romantic Academic art style, also known as art pompier (fireman's art), examples of which are the Death of Seneca (1875), The Gaul Ducar decapitates the Roman general Flaminius at the Battle of Trasimene (1882), The Sack of Rome by the barbarians in 410 (1890) and François Rude working on the Arc de Triomphe (1893).
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Who was Joseph-Noël Sylvestre?
French painter (1847-1926)
When was Joseph-Noël Sylvestre born?
Joseph-Noël Sylvestre was born on 24 June 1847 in Béziers.
When did Joseph-Noël Sylvestre die?
Joseph-Noël Sylvestre died on 29 October 1926 in Paris.
What was Joseph-Noël Sylvestre's occupation?
Joseph-Noël Sylvestre was a painter.
What nationality was Joseph-Noël Sylvestre?
Joseph-Noël Sylvestre was French.
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