Charles-François Poerson
French painter
Charles François Poerson (1653 – 2 September 1725) was a French painter. He was director of the French Academy in Rome from 1704 until his death.
Biography
Poerson studied under his own father Charles Poerson and under Noël Coypel. His notable works include "Dispute Between Neptune and Minerva" at Château de Fontainebleau, "Union of the Académie royale de Paris and the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome" at Versailles and participation in the decoration of the Hôtel des Invalides.[1] He was buried in San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, in a tomb attributed to the sculptor Pierre de L'Estache, who later became another director of the academy.
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External links
- His tomb in San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, with a portrait bust
- Poerson - works in French museums
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Directors of the French Academy in Rome
- Charles Errard (1666)
- Noël Coypel (1673)
- Charles Errard (1675)
- Matthieu de La Teulière (1684)
- René-Antoine Houasse (1699)
- Charles-François Poerson (1704)
- Nicolas Vleughels (1725)
- Pierre de l’Estache (1737)
- Jean François de Troy (1738)
- Charles-Joseph Natoire (1751)
- Noël Hallé (1775)
- Joseph-Marie Vien (1775)
- Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1781)
- François-Guillaume Ménageot (1787)
- Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1792)
- Pierre-Adrien Pâris (1807)
- Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1807)
- Charles Thévenin (1816)
- Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1823)
- Horace Vernet (1829)
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1835)
- Jean-Victor Schnetz (1841)
- Jean Alaux (1847)
- Jean-Victor Schnetz (1853)
- Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1866)
- Ernest Hébert (1867)
- Jules Eugène Lenepveu (1873)
- Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1879)
- Ernest Hébert (1885)
- Eugène Guillaume (1891)
- Carolus-Duran (1905)
- Paul-Albert Besnard (1913)
- Denys Puech (1921)
- Paul-Maximilien Landowski (1933)
- Jacques Ibert (1937)
- Balthus (1961)
- Jean Leymarie (1977)
- Jean-Marie Drot (1985)
- Pierre-Jean Angremy (1994)
- Bruno Racine (1997)
- Richard Peduzzi (2002)
- Frédéric Mitterrand (2008)
- Éric de Chassey (2009)