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François Lemoyne

1688 - 1737

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François Lemoyne or François Le Moine (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ləmwan]; 1688 – 4 June 1737) was a French rococo painter. He was a winner of the Prix de Rome, professor of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, and Premier peintre du Roi to Louis XV. He was tutor to Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher. Throughout his career, Lemoyne sought to be seen as the heir to Charles Le Brun and the leading painter of his generation, titles also vied for by his rival Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752). Lemoyne's work and talent, notably plied in Versailles, earned him the esteem of his contemporaries and the name of the "new Le Brun". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Lemoyne is the 690th most popular painter (down from 678th in 2019), the 2,036th most popular biography from France (down from 1,997th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, François Lemoyne ranks 690 out of 2,023. Before him are Ramon Casas, Marietta Robusti, Otto van Veen, John Russell, Marguerite Gérard, and Wifredo Lam. After him are Antonio Vivarini, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Mihály Munkácsy, Jean Béraud, Guido of Siena, and Friedrich von Amerling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, François Lemoyne ranks 17. Before him are Pierre de Marivaux, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Stede Bonnet, Domenico Zipoli, and Antonio Corradini. After him are Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Marie Victoire de Noailles, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Jai Singh II, George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Willem 's Gravesande. Among people deceased in 1737, François Lemoyne ranks 7. Before him are Antonio Stradivari, Caroline of Ansbach, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Emperor Nakamikado, Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, and Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Rinaldo d'Este, James Louis Sobieski, Ferdinand Kettler, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Guido Starhemberg, and Tommaso Ceva.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Lemoyne ranks 2,036 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles de Freycinet (1828), Pierre Messmer (1916), Adalberon (947), Marguerite Gérard (1761), Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt (1773), and François Faber (1887). After him are Dominique Venner (1935), Henri Gouraud (1867), Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), and François Girardon (1628).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, François Lemoyne ranks 132. Before him are Pierre Soulages (1919), Achille Devéria (1800), Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767), Valentin de Boulogne (1591), Carolus-Duran (1837), and Marguerite Gérard (1761). After him are Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768), Victorine Meurent (1844), François-André Vincent (1746), Adolphe Monticelli (1824), Joseph-Marie Vien (1716), and Nicolas Lancret (1690).

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