Abel de Pujol

Abel de Pujol
Self-portrait, 1812
Born	Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol 30 January 1785 Valenciennes
Died	29 September 1861 Paris
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting
Notable work	ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre, galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau, ceiling of the Bourse de Paris
Awards	Officer of the légion d'honneur

Abel de Pujol, ca.1860

Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Emile Levy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris. A member of the Institut de France, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur.

Selected works

• Death of Caesar, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Self-portrait (1806), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
• The Propoetides turned into rock (1819), Musée des Augustins, Toulouse
• Ixion enchained in Tartarus (1824), Louvre
• Egypt saved by Joseph (1827), Louvre
• Portrait of a Magistrate, Norton Simon Art Foundation

Students

• Julien Hudson, (1811–1844)
• François Debon, (1816–1872)
• Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy, (1798–1869) who married him
• Auguste Désiré Saint-Quentin, (1833–1906)
• Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, (1803–1860)
• Alphonse Lami.

Bibliography

• Théodore Pelloquet Dictionnaire de poche des artistes contemporains Paris 1858
• Georges Rouget Notice sur Abel de Pujol, peintre d'histoire, membre de l'Institut typ. de E. Prignet Paris 1861 on Googlebooks

External links

• Analysis of the work 'Workshop of Abel de Pujol' by Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
• http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/abel_de_pujol.html