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JEAN BAPTISTE PAULIN GUERIN (1783-1855)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 670 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JEAN See also:BAPTISTE PAULIN See also:GUERIN (1783-1855)  , See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Toulon, on the 25th of See also:March 1783, of poor parents . He learnt, as a lad, his See also:father's See also:trade of a locksmith, whilst at the same See also:time he followed the classes of the See also:free school of See also:art . Having sold some copies to a See also:local See also:amateur, See also:Guerin started for See also:Paris, where he came under the See also:notice of See also:Vincent, whose counsels were of material service . In 1810 Guerin made his first See also:appearance at the See also:Salon with some portraits, which had a certain success . In 1812 be exhibited " See also:Cain after the See also:murder of See also:Abel " (formerly in Luxembourg), and, on the return of the Bourbons, was much employed in See also:works of restoration and decoration at See also:Versailles . His "Dead See also:Christ" (See also:Cathedral, See also:Baltimore) obtained a See also:medal in 1817, and this success was followed up by a See also:long See also:series of works, of which the following are the more See also:note-worthy: " Christ on the knees of the Virgin " (1819) ; " See also:Anchises and See also:Venus " (1822) (formerly in Luxembourg); " Ulysses and See also:Minerva " (1824) (Musee de See also:Rennes) ; "the See also:Holy See also:Family" (1829) (Cathedral, Toulon); and " See also:Saint See also:Catherine " (1838)(St Ruch) . In his treatment of subject, Guerin attempted to realize See also:rococo See also:graces of conception, the liveliness of which was lost in the strenuous effort to be correct . His See also:chief successes were attained by portraits, and those of See also:Charles See also:Nodier and the See also:Abbe See also:Lamennais became widely popular . He died on the 19th of See also:January 1855 .

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