Louis Dupré (painter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Dupré (painter)

French painter

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1789

Place of Birth: Versailles, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1837

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Louis Dupré (Versailles 9 January 1789 – 12 October 1837 Paris) was a French painter, especially noted for his travels in Greece and other regions within the Ottoman Empire and of his numerous paintings with Orientalist and Philhellene themes. Louis Dupré had been a student of Jacques-Louis David, and had later become a painter for Jérôme Bonaparte, receiving commissions from the court.
Dupré had studied in Italy and had also received commissions during his travels there.
He travelled to Greece, during a time when the region's ancient ideals and Hellenistic culture had experienced a revival.
It also represented a concerning time for the Ottoman Empire, in terms of keeping their territorial regions under control.
His visit to Greece was on the very eve of the Greek War of Independence. He often traveled and changed his work location, including Paris, Kassel (1811–1814), Naples (1814–1816), Rome (1816–1819, 1824–1831), Naples (1819–1820), Istanbul (c.
1820), Greece (c.
1820), Paris (1820–1837), and Vienna (1820–1824).



Alternative names	Louis Dupre; Louis (1789) Dupré
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	9 January 1789	12 October 1837
Location of birth/death	Versailles	Paris
Work location	Paris, Kassel (1811-1814), Naples (1814-1816), Rome (1816-1819, 1824-1831), Naples (1819-1820), Istanbul (ca. 1820), Greece (ca. 1820), Paris (1820-1837), Vienna (1820-1824)
Authority control	: Q1400174 VIAF: 37023592 ISNI: 0000 0000 6654 6197 ULAN: 500032385 LCCN: no2007123003 GND: 132160331 WorldCat