Charles Paul Landon

Charles Paul Landon ( born October 12, 1760 Nonant - le-Pin, Orne, † March 5, 1826 in Paris) was a French painter and writer on art.

Charles Paul Landon devoted himself since 1785 in Paris painting and became a teacher of the Dukes of Berri and Angoulême. In 1792 he went to Rome as a pensioner. After his return he devoted himself to writing, but without completely abandoning the painting.

1816 Landon conservator of paintings from the Paris museum. His numerous writings are indeed in the accuracy of the data unreliable, but by the many replicas, they supply of works of art of all time, is of interest. The most important are:

  • Annales du Musée et de l' école des beaux -arts modern (Paris 1801-1817, );
  • Paysage et tableaux de genre du Musée Napoléon (Paris 1805-1808, 4 vols );
  • Gallery Giustiniani et la galerie Massias (Paris 1810, 6 vols );
  • Salons de 1808-24 (13 vols );
  • Vies et oeuvres of peintres les plus célèbres (Paris 1803-1825, 25 vols );
  • Galerie historique des hommes les plus célèbres (Paris 1805-1809, 13 vols );
  • Musée, ou catalog figuré des tableaux et statues (Paris, 1814 et seq );
  • Numismatique du voyage du jeune Anacharsis, ou médailles des beaux temps de la Grèce (Paris 1818, 2 vols );
  • Choix de tableaux et de statues of plus célèbres musées et cabinets étrangers ( Paris 1821 et seq, 12 vols ).

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  • French Painter
  • Art critic
  • Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
  • Born in 1760
  • Died in 1826
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