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François-Marius Granet
François-Marius Granet

François-Marius Granet

French, 1775 - 1849
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François Marius Granet was a French painter.
François Marius Granet was born on 17 December 1775 in Aix-en-Provence; his father was a small builder. As a boy his strong desires led his parents to place him, after some preliminary teaching from a passing Italian artist, in a free school of art directed by M. Constantin, a landscape painter of some reputation. In 1793, Granet followed the volunteers of Aix to the siege of Toulon, where he obtained employment as a decorator in the arsenal.

Whilst a lad he had, at Aix, made the acquaintance of the young comte de Forbin, and upon his invitation Granet, in the year 1797, went to Paris. De Forbin was one of the pupils of David, and Granet entered the same studio. Later he got possession of a cell in the convent of Capuchins, which, having served for a manufactory of assignats during the Revolution, was afterwards inhabited almost exclusively by artists. In the changing lights and shadows of the corridors of the Capuchins, Granet found the materials for that one picture to the painting of which, with varying success, he devoted his life.

In 1802, he left Paris for Rome, where he remained until 1819, when he returned to Paris, bringing with him besides various other works one of fourteen repetitions of his celebrated "Chœur des Capucins," executed in 1811. The figures of the monks celebrating mass are taken in this subject as a substantive part of the architectural effect, and this is the case with all Granet's works, even with those in which the figure subject would seem to assert its importance, and its historical or romantic interest. "Stella painting a Madonna on his Prison Wall," 1810 (Leuchtenberg collection); "Sodoma à l'hôpital," 1815 (Louvre); "Basilique basse de St François d'Assise," 1823 (Louvre); "Rachat de prisonniers," 1831 (Louvre); "Mort de Poussin," 1834 (Villa Demidoff, Florence), are among his principal works; all are marked by the same peculiarities, everything is sacrificed to tone.

In 1819, Louis Philippe decorated Granet, and afterwards named him Chevalier de l'Ordre St Michel, and Conservateur des tableaux de Versailles (1826). He became a member of the institute in 1830; but in spite of these honours, and the ties which bound him to M. de Forbin, then director of the Louvre, Granet constantly returned to Rome. After 1848 he retired to Aix, immediately lost his wife, and died himself on 21 November 1849. He bequeathed the greater part of his fortune to his native town and all his collections (including the very fine portrait by Ingres from 1811 ) to the Museum of Aix en Provence, which was renamed the Musée Granet in 1949, the centenary of his death.

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Ponte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli

Ponte San Rocco and Waterfalls, Tivoli (ca. 1810–20)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Interior of cloister with a sarcophagus

Interior of cloister with a sarcophagus

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Church Interior (Sermon at Santa Bibiana)

Church Interior (Sermon at Santa Bibiana) (1834)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
The Monks

The Monks (c. 1802–30)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Illustration
Audience with Cardinal Aldobrandini in the Loggia of the Villa Belvedere in Frascati

Audience with Cardinal Aldobrandini in the Loggia of the Villa Belvedere in Frascati (1822-1823)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
Monks in the Colosseum

Monks in the Colosseum (1830)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Procession dans la crypte de San Martino ai Monti à Rome

Procession dans la crypte de San Martino ai Monti à Rome

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Les ruines du Colisée animées de personnages

Les ruines du Colisée animées de personnages

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
View of Tivoli with the Church of San Silvestro

View of Tivoli with the Church of San Silvestro (1807)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Before the Conclave

Before the Conclave (1833)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
Vow (chapel interior)

Vow (chapel interior) (1820-1830)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Paysage

Paysage

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
La Reine Blanche de Castille délivrant les prisonniers

La Reine Blanche de Castille délivrant les prisonniers (1801)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway

Monk Seated Before a Ruined Gateway

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister (first half 19th century)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
Une rue sous les voûtes

Une rue sous les voûtes

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Cinq personnages sous une voûte

Cinq personnages sous une voûte (1825-1830)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Audience with Cardinal Aldobrandini in the Loggia of the Villa Belvedere in Frascati

Audience with Cardinal Aldobrandini in the Loggia of the Villa Belvedere in Frascati (from 1822 until 1823)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
View in the Stables of the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli

View in the Stables of the Villa of Maecenas, Tivoli (ca. 1805–10)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
A Cloister

A Cloister

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
A Priest Processing through a Medieval Street in Viterbo

A Priest Processing through a Medieval Street in Viterbo

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Homage to a Bishop

Homage to a Bishop (1839)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Religion
Interior of a Capuchin Convent

Interior of a Capuchin Convent (ca. 1825)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Padre Pozzo Painting In His Studio Surrounded By Monks Of His Order

Padre Pozzo Painting In His Studio Surrounded By Monks Of His Order (1838)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
The Choir in the Capuchin Church on the Piazza Barberini, Rome

The Choir in the Capuchin Church on the Piazza Barberini, Rome (c. 1815-1830)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Still Life
La Religieuse malade

La Religieuse malade (1830)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Figurative
Un moine dans une salle voûtée

Un moine dans une salle voûtée (1828)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Deux ermites se promenant sous des voûtes

Deux ermites se promenant sous des voûtes

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Effet de lumière dans les ruines

Effet de lumière dans les ruines (1820)

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
Ermite agenouillé sous des voûtes

Ermite agenouillé sous des voûtes

François-Marius Granet (French, 1775 - 1849)
Landscape
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