Gallery of the Masters 
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
1815-1891 France-Romanticism
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Brief Biography-Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier was from Lyon in France; he was born into a reasonably well off family and was allowed to go into painting when he was seventeen. He achieved early success being recognised by Sir Richard Wallace who bought many of his paintings; they hang today in "the Wallace Collection" in London. Besides his genre paintings he is known for his Napoleonic paintings. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour among many other honours during his lifetime. |
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a game of piquet
a painter
friedland
cavalier
alexandre dumas
barricades in june
leland stanford
louis de chevigne
mounted cavalier
musketeer
napoleon and staff
napoleon one in 1814
napoleon III
on a terrace
relief after the battle
self portrait
street scene near
antibes
the card players
the campaign in
france 1814
the chess game
the dutch cellist
alexander batta
the end of the game
the marquis
of manzanedo
the philosopher
portrait of
a sergeant
the siege of paris
young man with
a book
