Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier

Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (1811-1891) was a French painter, born at Lyons. He began as a book illustrator of "Paul and Virginia" amongst other works, practising the while and perfecting his art as a figure painter, in which he achieved signal success, from his "Chess-player" series to his designs for the decoration of the Pantheon, "The Apotheosis of France," in 1889.

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