Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French painter
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas
- Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas (1791–1833) was a French painter and lithographer. Thomas mentored under François-André Vincent, and later studied at the École des Beaux-Arts.
- Thomas lived and traveled around Italy, which inspired many of his works.
- He specialized in oil paintings, often depictions of Italian daily life or ancient rome.
- He was also commissioned to paint a number of religious works for various churches.
- In 1816 he won the Prix de Rome with his piece Oenone Refusing to Help the Wounded Paris.
- He spent two years studying art in Rome and returned to Paris in 1818.
- Between 1819 and 1831 he exhibited his paintings at Salons, however today he is best known for his series of lithographs, One Year in Rome and Its Environs.
- Thomas' style is characterized as Romanticism.
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