Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, born in Paris on March 6, 1714, and died in the same city on May 15, 1789 was a French painter, engraver, designer and director.
He was awarded the Prix de Rome, first painter to the Duke of Orleans, first painter to the King, and president of the Academy. Probably a pupil of Nicolas Bertin, he undoubtedly follows the courses of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and paints his self-portrait from 1732.
Winner of the Grand Prize for painting of the Academy in 1734, this success earned him to stay at the Académie de France à Rome as a king's boarder from 1735 to 1740 under the direction of Nicolas Vleughels, then Jean-François de Troy. Back in Paris, he was approved at the Academy onApril 29, 1741, then received the March 31, 1742.
Throughout the 1740s, the artist shone in all genres of painting, responding to numerous commissions from amateurs, the King's Buildings and the Church. His works presented at the Salons bear witness to this variety: bambochades mingle with great religious or historical compositions and mythological works.
Building on the success of his art, he climbed one by one all the levels of the academic hierarchy: he became assistant professor in 1744, was the youngest competitor chosen to participate in the competition organized by Le Normant de Tournehem and Charles Antoine Coypel in 1747, which earned him the election o
He was awarded the Prix de Rome, first painter to the Duke of Orleans, first painter to the King, and president of the Academy. Probably a pupil of Nicolas Bertin, he undoubtedly follows the courses of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and paints his self-portrait from 1732.
Winner of the Grand Prize for painting of the Academy in 1734, this success earned him to stay at the Académie de France à Rome as a king's boarder from 1735 to 1740 under the direction of Nicolas Vleughels, then Jean-François de Troy. Back in Paris, he was approved at the Academy onApril 29, 1741, then received the March 31, 1742.
Throughout the 1740s, the artist shone in all genres of painting, responding to numerous commissions from amateurs, the King's Buildings and the Church. His works presented at the Salons bear witness to this variety: bambochades mingle with great religious or historical compositions and mythological works.
Building on the success of his art, he climbed one by one all the levels of the academic hierarchy: he became assistant professor in 1744, was the youngest competitor chosen to participate in the competition organized by Le Normant de Tournehem and Charles Antoine Coypel in 1747, which earned him the election o
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