Felix Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Felix Thomas

French painter and sculptor

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1815

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1875

Profession: architect, painter, sculptor, archaeologist, printmaker

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Félix Thomas (1815-1875) was a French architect and painter born in Nantes, France in 1815.
After graduating from high school Clemenceau, he studied architecture and drafting at the Polytechnique before being admitted to the Beaux-Arts where he studied art under Louis-Hippolyte Lebas.
His skills as a draftsman led him to work as project architect on several major archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia and Assyria during the early 1850s.
Archaeological work provided opportunities for Thomas to demonstrate his skills as an illustrator and interpreter of historic architectural buildings and he co-authored an important early book on the archaeology of Nineveh in Assyria.
He turned to full-time painting in his later life and is noted for works within the Orientalist genre.