French Academic Painter, 1815-1891,French painter, sculptor and illustrator. Although he was briefly a student of Jules Potier (1796-1865) and Leon Cogniet, Meissonier was mainly self-taught and gained experience by designing wood-engravings for book illustrations. These included Leon Curmer's celebrated edition of J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1838), the series Les Franeais peints par eux-memes (Paris, 1840-42) and Louis de Chevigne's Les Contes remois (Paris, 1858). Related Paintings of Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier :. | The End of the Game of Card | Equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte | Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino | Dimensions and material | Napoleon on the expedition of 1814 | Related Artists: Louis Aston Knight American Painter, 1873-1948 Germain David-Nillet France (1861-1932 ) - Painter Francis Parsons painted Cunne Shote in 1762