Family tree of Ernest MEISSONIER
Painter, Sculptor
Born Jean Louis Ernest MEISSONIER
French Classicist painter and sculptor
Born on February 21, 1815 in Lyon , France
Died on January 21, 1891 in Paris , France
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His father, Charles, had been a successful businessman, the proprietor of a factory in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, that made dyes for the textile industry. He expected Ernest, the eldest of his two sons, to follow him into the dye business. Yet from his schooldays Ernest showed a taste for painting, to which some early sketches, dated 1823, bear witness.
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His father, Charles, had been a successful businessman, the proprietor of a factory in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, that made dyes for the textile industry. He expected Ernest, the eldest of his two sons, to follow him into the dye business. Yet from his schooldays Ernest showed a taste for painting, to which some early sketches, dated 1823, bear witness.
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