Philippe-Auguste Hennequin

Philippe Augustin Hennequin ( [ ɑkɛ ] ) ( born August 10, 1762, Lyon, † May 12 1833 in Leuze -en- Hainaut, Flanders) was a French painter.

Hennequin, pupil Jacques -Louis David, was awarded the grand prize of painting and went to this for a long time to Italy, from where he, during the French Revolution of the papal government is pursuing, with difficulty into France to Lyon, however, in the dungeon to wander, to which he escaped only by happy accident just before the mass execution (1794 ).

Then arrested in Paris, he lived after his release now from the art. He established his reputation through one pursued by the Furies, Orestes (1800, Louvre ) and his image of 10 August, the triumph of the French people representing.

Later Hennequin was among the most zealous Verherrlichern the triumphs of Napoleon I. After the fall of the Empire, he settled in Liege. Then he painted his greatest picture: the 300 citizens of Franche Mont, who fell in the defense of the city to the last man. Hennequin died on 12 May 1833 in Leuze at Tournai as director of the local art school.

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• French Painter
• Born in 1762
• Died in 1833
• Man