Nationality French Name Francois Lemoyne Period Rococo | Movement rococo Role Painter Known for Painting | |
Born 1688 Paris, France Died June 4, 1737, Paris, France Education Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture Artwork Hercules and Omphale, Time Saving Truth fro, La Continence de Scipion | ||
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Francois Lemoyne or Francois Le Moine (1688 – 4 June 1737) was a French rococo painter, born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Academie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome. He was accepted as a member of the Academie in 1718 and was elected as a professor in 1733.
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The duc d'Antin (Louis-Antoine de Pardaillan de Grondin) was the director of the Batiments du Roi and had a competition in 1727 for history painters of the Academie. Twelve large history paintings were submitted. Lemoyne had to share the first prize with his competitor Jean-Francois de Troy (Paris 1679 - Rome 1752).
His work and talent, notably plied in Versailles, earned him the name of the "new Le Brun". He became Premier peintre du Roi and worked with other artists of the era, such as Nonotte, Gilles Dutilleul, Charles de La Fosse and Coypel. However, the excess of work, court intrigues at Versailles, and the death of his wife drove him to madness. He committed suicide in Paris in 1737 by stabbing himself seven times, six months after finishing the ceiling painting ("L'apotheose d'Hercule") in the Salon d'Hercule in the grand appartement du roi. With his death, the fashion of large allegorical ceilings disappeared.
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