Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Jean -Jacques de Boissieu ( born November 30, 1736, in Lyon, France, † March 1, 1810 in Lyon) was a French artist who came mainly as a draftsman and engraver in appearance.

Life

De Boissieus parents were Jacques de Boissieu and Annette Vialis. He studied at the École gratuite de dessin of Lyon, but gained most of his skills by self- teaching.

His first stitches produced de Boissieu in the years 1758-1764. Then he went in the wake of the French Ambassador Louis Alexandre, duc de La Rochefoucauld d' Enville (1743-1792) to Italy. During this stay he met Voltaire. From this time a series of landscape drawings are known.

For L'Encyclopédie of Diderot de Boissieu made ​​some stitches. His activities in Lyon was characterized by both the work of stitches with Roman and Dutch landscapes and representations of the area around Lyon. He was also charged with reproductions of other works of art such as paintings or sculptures as prints and drawings.

To de Boissieus students count Lois Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin and his nephew Claude Victor de Boissieu

Jean -Jacques de Boissieu was also the mayor of Lentilly, Rhone Department, from 1806 until his death in 1810.

Museums (selection)

De Boissieus work is represented in museums throughout the world, such as the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and at the Petit Palais, also in Paris, in the Städel in Frankfurt am Main, at the Musée des beaux -arts de Nantes in Nantes, Brittany in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, USA.