{"Id":722,"Name":"Fernand-Anne Piestre Cormon","Biography":"CORMON, FERNAND (1845-1924), French painter, was born in Paris. He became a pupil of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=5\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECabanel\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=184\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EFromentin\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http://12.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PO/PORTAELS_JEAN_FRANCOIS.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EPortaels\u003C/a\u003E, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France. At an early age he attracted attention by the better class of sensationalism in his art, although for a time his powerful brush dwelled with particular delight on scenes of bloodshed, such as the \u003Cu\u003EMurder in the Seraglio\u003C/u\u003E (1868) and the \u003Cu\u003EDeath of Ravara\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EQueen of Lanka\u003C/u\u003E at the Toulouse Museum. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.collectluxembourg.com/museum/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELuxembourg\u003C/a\u003E has his \u003Cu\u003ECain flying before Jehovah\u0027s Curse\u003C/u\u003E; and for the Maine of the fourth arrondissement of Paris he executed in \u003Cem\u003Egrisaille\u003C/em\u003E a series of Panels: \u003Cu\u003EBirth\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EDeath\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EMarriage\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003EWar\u003C/u\u003E, \u0026c. \u003Cu\u003EA Chief\u0027s Funeral\u003C/u\u003E, and pictures having the Stone Age for their subject, ocupied him for several years. He was appointed to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%E9gion_d%27honneur\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ELegion of Honor\u003C/a\u003E in 1880. Subsequently he also devoted himself to portraiture.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://40.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CO/CORMON_FERNAND.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","BiographicalImageUrl":null,"StartYear":1845,"EndYear":1924,"Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":21}