FRANCOIS

See also:

• FRANCOIS FORSTER (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

FORSTER (179o-,872)  , French engraver, was born at Locle in Neufchatel, on the 22nd of August 1790 . In 1805 he was apprenticed to an engraver in Paris, and he also studied painting and engraving simultaneously in the lcole des Beaux-Arts . His preference was ultimately fixed on the latter art, and on his obtaining in 1814 the first " grand prix de gravure," the king of Prussia, who was then with the allies in Paris, bestowed on him a gold medal, and a pension of 1500 francs for two years . With the aid of this sum he pursued his studies in Rome, where his attention was devoted chiefly to the works of Raphael . In 1844 he succeeded Tardieu in the Academy . He died at Paris on the 27th of June 1872 . Forster occupied the first position among the French engravers of his time, and was equally successful in historical pieces and in portraits . Among his works may be mentioned—The Three Graces, and La Vierge de la legende, after Raphael; La Vierge au bas-relief, after Leonardo da Vinci; Francis I. and Charles V., after Gros; St Cecilia, after Paul Delaroche; Albert Diirer and Henry IV., after Porbus; Wellington, after Gerard; and Queen Victoria, after Winterhalter .