12 March 1770 - 11 January 1837) was a French painter born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador. His mother was Italian. As a baron of the Empire he is sometimes referred to as Baron Gerard. Related Paintings of Francois Pascal Simon Gerard :. | Portrait of French stateman Charles Maurice Talleyrand-Perigord | Portrait of the Empress Josephine | Louis-Philippe Ier, roi des Francais, prete serment sur la Charte | Portrait of Marie Louise of Austria | comtesse du Cayla | Related Artists: E.Claus Belgian 1849-1924
Nono, Luigi Italian, 1850-1918 Leon Benouville Paris 1821 - Paris 1859.
was a French painter. Leon Benouville first studied with his elder brother Jean-Achille Benouville (1815-1891) in the studio of François-Edouard Picot before he transferred to Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1837. Like his brother he received the Prix de Rome in 1845. In Rome, as a Prix de Rome pensionary at the Villa Medici, he stayed with his brother and met the sculptor Charles Gumery.
