L'Encyclopédie Britannica; ..UN dictionnaire des arts, des sciences et de la littérature générale . gelt (1864).Ses dernières années ont été embellisés par un partenariat unfortunateliterary, qui l'a conduit à l'attsuicide. En longueur, complètement décomposé, il diedin Bregenz, 29 mai 1885. MEISSONIER, Jean Louis Ernest, peintre français né à Lyon, 21 février 1815. Quand il était encore enfant, son père a établi l'apharmatie à Paris, et le fils, ayant resolvedupon art en tant que profession, étudié sous Jules po-tier et L6on Cogniet.Ses dessins werepised par J o h a n o t, et environ 1833-34 hewas employé par

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . gelt (1864).His last years were embittered by an unfortunateliterary partnership, which drove him to attemptsuicide. At length, utterly broken down, he diedin Bregenz, May 29, 1885. MEISSONIER, Jean Louis Ernest, a Frenchfigure-painter; born in Lyons, Feb. 21, 1815. When he was still a childhis father established apharmacy in Paris, andthe son, having resolvedupon art as a profession, studied under Jules Po-tier and L6on Cogniet.His drawings werepraised by J o h a n n o t, and about 1833-34 hewas employed by Cur-mer, the publisher, ondesigns for the Royau-ment Bible and otherMEISSONIER. works. He first made adistinct mark in 1838 and by his illustrations toPaul and Virginia and the Chaumihe Lndienne. In1834 he began to contribute to the Salon. Twoyears later he exhibited the first of his variousgroups of Chess-Players. It was followed by along series of elaborate and successful genrepictures, in which, with the most careful and fin-ished execution and with the most perfect veri-Vol. 4-s. similitude of costume and local coloring, theartist depicted the civil and military life of theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries, passing tosubjects of genre or history taken from thenineteenth century. Among the most celebratedof his military scenes may be named La Fixe, pre-sented to the Prince of Wales by Napoleon III.Besides this is his famous Napoleonic serial, ofwhich 1S07 was sold to a New York gentleman for$60, 000, and presented to the Museum of Art, and1S14, in 1890, changed hands in Paris for $100, -000. He also executed some striking portraits.In all, over 400 of his paintings are known to ex-ist, about 60 of which are owned in the UnitedStates. Finally, we may refer to his design forthe decoration of the Pantheon, the apotheosisof France, the cartoons of which were exhibitedto the commission in 1889. He became a mem-ber of the Institute in 1861, commander of theLegion of Honor in 1867,

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