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FRANCOIS FORSTER (179o-,872)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 674 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRANCOIS See also:FORSTER (179o-,872)  , See also:French engraver, was See also:born at See also:Locle in Neufchatel, on the 22nd of See also:August 1790 . In 1805 he was apprenticed to an engraver in See also:Paris, and he also studied See also:painting and See also:engraving simultaneously in the lcole See also:des See also:Beaux-Arts . His preference was ultimately fixed on the latter See also:art, and on his obtaining in 1814 the first " See also:grand prix de gravure," the See also:king of See also:Prussia, who was then with the See also:allies in Paris, bestowed on him a See also:gold See also:medal, and a See also:pension of 1500 francs for two years . With the aid of this sum he pursued his studies in See also:Rome, where his See also:attention was devoted chiefly to the See also:works of See also:Raphael . In 1844 he succeeded Tardieu in the See also:Academy . He died at Paris on the 27th of See also:June 1872 . See also:Forster occupied the first position among the French engravers of his See also:time, and was equally successful in See also:historical pieces and in portraits . Among his works may be mentioned—The Three See also:Graces, and La See also:Vierge de la legende, after Raphael; La Vierge au bas-See also:relief, after Leonardo da See also:Vinci; See also:Francis I. and See also:Charles V., after See also:Gros; St See also:Cecilia, after See also:Paul See also:Delaroche; See also:Albert Diirer and See also:Henry IV., after Porbus; See also:Wellington, after See also:Gerard; and See also:Queen See also:Victoria, after Winterhalter .

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