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{{Infobox artist
| name = Léon Cogniet
| image = Léon Cogniet self-portrait 1818.jpg
| caption = Léon Cogniet. ''Self-portrait
| alt =
| birth_name = Léon Cogniet
| birth_date = 29 August 1794
| birth_place =
| death_date = 20 November 1880 (aged 86)
| death_place =
| field = [[Painting]]
| training = [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]]
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== Biography ==
He was born in Paris. His father was a painter and wallpaper designer. In 1812, he enrolled at the [[École des Beaux-arts]], where he studied with [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]]. He also worked in the studios of [[Jean-Victor Bertin]]. After failing an attempt to win the [[Prix de Rome]] in 1816, he won the following year with his depiction of ''Helen Rescued by Castor and Pollux''<ref>Grunchec, P. (1985). ''The Grand Prix de Rome: Paintings from the École des Beaux-Arts, 1797-1863''. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation. p. 66. {{ISBN|0883970759}}.</ref> and received a stipend to study at the [[French Academy in Rome]] until 1822. Before leaving, he had his first exhibition at the [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]].
▲[[File:Cogniet, Léon. Disderi, BNF GALLICA.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cogniet in 1865]]
In 1827, he created a series of murals on the life of [[Saint Stephen]] for the church of [[Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs, Paris|Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs]]. From 1833 to 1835, he painted a scene from [[Napoleon]]'s expedition to Egypt on one of the ceilings at the [[Louvre]]. Between 1840 and 1860, he operated a popular painting workshop for women, directed by his sister [[Marie Amélie Cogniet|Marie Amélie]] and one of his students, Catherine Caroline Thévenin (1813–1892), who later became his wife. After 1843, he concentrated almost entirely on teaching, with an occasional portrait. After 1855, he essentially gave up painting.
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* ''Tintoretto painting his dead daughter'' (1843; [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux]])
* ''Scenes of July 1830''
* Les Drapeaux, 1830. The day after the [[July Revolution|"Three Glorious Days" of the 1830 Revolution]], the painter depicts the white flag of the restoration of the monarchy (on the left), torn and revealing the blue sky (in the middle). The red fold then spreads like a bloodstain (on the right). thus recreating the [[Tricolour|Republic's tricolor flag]].
Portraits:
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* ''[[:File:Jean-François Champollion, by Léon Cogniet.jpg|Jean-François Champollion]]''
==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Cogniet Castor et Pollux.JPG|''[[Helen of Troy|Helen]] Rescued by [[Castor and Pollux]]'', 1817
File:Jean-François Champollion, by Léon Cogniet.jpg|''Jean-François Champollion'', 1831
File:Leon Cogniet - L Expedition D Egypte Sous Les Ordres De Bonaparte.jpg|''The [[Napoleon I of France#Egyptian expedition|Egyptian Expedition]] Under the Command of [[Napoleon I of France|Bonaparte]]'', ceiling at the [[Louvre]], 1835
File:DSF4793-Les-Drapeaux-1830.jpg|Les Drapeaux (The flags), 1830.
</gallery>
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Among his numerous students were:
* [[Pedro Américo]]
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* [[Louis Rubio]]
* [[Eugénie Salanson]]
* [[August Friedrich Schenck]]▼
* [[Hippolyte Sebron]]
* [[Charles Sellier (painter)|Charles Sellier]]
▲* [[Alexandre Ségé]]
▲* [[August Schenck]]
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{{Reflist}}
==References
*{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon}}
*{{Nuttall|wstitle=Cogniet, Léon}}
==External links==
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[[Category:French history painters]]
[[Category:Members of the Académie des beaux-arts]]
[[Category:French Orientalist painters]]
[[Category:Prix de Rome for painting]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)]]
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[[Category:Lycée Louis-le-Grand teachers]]
[[Category:19th-century French male artists]]
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