Ambroise Louis Garneray

Ambroise Louis Garneray ( born February 19, 1783 in Paris, † September 11, 1857 ) was a French naval painter and engraver.

Life

Garneray trained by his father Jean Francois Garneray (1755-1837), a pupil of Jacques Louis David was on his part. In 1796 he went to British India, participated in several naval battles against Britain and experienced several shipwrecks. As helmsman of the Belle Poule he fell in battle against the Cape Verde Islands ( 1806) in the hands of the British and spent the years 1806-1814 in captivity in Porthsmouth.

During this time he began to dedicate himself to painting. After his return to France he was appointed peintre du Duc d' Angouleme, grand amiral d France, that is the official painter of the 1814 Admiral of France proclaimed Louis -Antoine de Bourbon, duc d' Angoulême. In 1816 he exhibited his first piece of navy.

In 1833, he was director of the Museum of Rouen and also worked for the Sèvres porcelain factory in later.

Works (selection)

• Painting His paintings are found in virtually all major French art museums. Some of them he stabbed himself in aquatint.

• Writings Vues des ports et wheel of the Côtes de la France. Découvrance Éditions, Rennes 2000, ISBN 2-8426-5125-1 ( Nachdr d ed Paris 1815-32 ).