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 de la marechale Lannes et ses enfants | Ossian on the Bank of the Lora, Invoking the Gods to the Strains of a Harp. | Infante dEspagne | Portrait of Louis XVIII | Related Artists: Anton Raffael Mengs a pastel portrait painter
German,1728-1779
Emile Claus Belgian Painter, 1849-1924
Belgian painter. He had various menial jobs before the composer Peter Benoet persuaded his father to let him study at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp. He was taught there by Nicaise De Keyser and Jacob Jacobs (1812-79) but found the atmosphere uncongenial and soon left. In 1879 he travelled around Spain and North Africa and in 1881 went to live with his sister at Waereghem. His painting of this period was influenced by Charles Verlat and depicted rural subjects LORENZO DI CREDI Italian High Renaissance Painter, ca.1458-1537