Achille Etna Michallon, 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 Achille Etna Michallon
- Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822) was a French painter. Michallon was the son of the sculptor Claude Michallon.
- He studied under Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes.
- In 1817, Michallon won the inaugural Prix de Rome for landscape painting.
- He travelled to Italy in 1818 and remained there for over two years.
- This trip had a profound influence on his work.
- Before he had much time to develop what he had learned however, he died at the age of 25 of pneumonia, a tragedy which cut short the life of a talented and well respected artist who could have gone on to win lasting fame.
- Though it is often disputed, it is thought that at one time, Corot was his pupil.
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