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Pierre-Antoine Demachy - The Clearance Of The Louvre Colonnade, During The Demolition Of The Ruins Of The Hôtel Du Petit Bourbon
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Pierre-Antoine Demachy was a French artist who specialized in painting ruins, Trompe-l'œil architectural decorations and imaginative scenes of Paris.

His father was a carpenter. In 1754, he became a student of the scenographer Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni and, the following year, was certified as a "Painter of Architecture" by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. In 1757, he held his first exhibit at the Salon and continued to display his works there until 1802. He began teaching at the Académie soon after.

In 1764, his trompe-l'œil paintings for the façade of the new Church of Sainte-Geneviève (now the Panthéon) earned him an appointment as the decorator of stage sets for the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. Four years later, the Russian Ambassador in Paris presented him with a commission for several tableaux from Catherine the Great.

Upon the death of Jean-François Amand, Demachy was assigned his workshop in the Palais du Louvre. His classes were so popular that, in 1777, the Comte d'Angiviller wrote a letter to the Académie's Director, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, complaining that Demachy's students were "polluting the corridors" of the Louvre. Ironically, six years later, Pierre asked the Comte to write a letter to Demachy, informing him that he had been granted an annual pension of 500 Livres. In 1784, Demachy took up residence on the first floor of the Louvre.

The following year, he applied for and received the position of Professor of Perspective, recently left vacant by the death of Jacques-Sébastien Leclerc (1734-1785). He would hold that office, with some interruptions, until his own death in 1807.

He apparently weathered the Revolution with no serious consequences. In 1793 and 1794, he was appointed a Deputy to the "Commune Générale des Arts" which temporarily replaced the Académie. He dutifully created a work depicting the "Burning of Feudal Titles and the Attributes of Tyranny".

His wife, Louise, died in 1799. His son, Gilles-Pierre, a painter of little note, died two years later.

More Artworks by Pierre-Antoine Demachy (View all 45 Artworks)

La Grande Galerie, le Pont-Neuf et l’île de la Cité, vus du Pont Royal.

La Grande Galerie, le Pont-Neuf et l’île de la Cité, vus du Pont Royal. (1775)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
L’île Louviers et la Pointe de l’île Saint-Louis, vues du port Saint-Paul (port des Celestins)

L’île Louviers et la Pointe de l’île Saint-Louis, vues du port Saint-Paul (port des Celestins) (1780)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre

Dégagement de la colonnade du Louvre (1764)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
View of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome

View of the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome (1750 - 1800)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Sermon d’un capucin dans l’église Saint-Roch

Sermon d’un capucin dans l’église Saint-Roch (1780)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Feu d’artifice tiré à l’occasion de la naissance du Duc de Normandie

Feu d’artifice tiré à l’occasion de la naissance du Duc de Normandie (1782)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
An artist sketching under the porch of a rural stone building

An artist sketching under the porch of a rural stone building

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Bergers dans des ruines romaines

Bergers dans des ruines romaines

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Fantastical Architectural Study With Figures

Fantastical Architectural Study With Figures

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Vue du quai de Gesvres au moment de la démolition des maisons du pont au Change

Vue du quai de Gesvres au moment de la démolition des maisons du pont au Change (1788)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Spectacle forain dans un carrefour imaginaire de Paris

Spectacle forain dans un carrefour imaginaire de Paris (1770)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
La fête de l’Unité et de la Réunion, sur la place de la Révolution

La fête de l’Unité et de la Réunion, sur la place de la Révolution (1793)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
Intérieur de l’église de la Madeleine d’après le projet de Contant d’Ivry

Intérieur de l’église de la Madeleine d’après le projet de Contant d’Ivry (1763)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
La foire Saint-Germain après l’incendie de la nuit du 16 au 17 mars 1762

La foire Saint-Germain après l’incendie de la nuit du 16 au 17 mars 1762 (1762)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
La Seine à la Grenouillère ; vue prise de la terrasse du bord de l’eau aux Tuileries

La Seine à la Grenouillère ; vue prise de la terrasse du bord de l’eau aux Tuileries (1777)

Pierre-Antoine Demachy (French, 1723 - 1807)
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