Louis-Félix Amiel

Louis-Félix Amiel
Portrait of Louis-Félix Amiel by Eugène Devéria (1837)
Born3 March 1802
Died4 February 1864(1864-02-04) (aged 61)
Alma materBeaux-Arts de Paris
Known for"Portraits of Kings of France"
SpouseJeanne Crusol
FatherJean-Baptiste Amiel

Louis Félix Amiel, (1802-1864) was a French portrait painter, was born at Castelnaudary (Aude). He was a pupil of Baron Gros from 1823 to 1825. He would study at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and specialized in portraiture. He participated in the Salon from 1833 until 1849.

He is most famous for being a major contributor to the series "Portraits of Kings of France", commissioned by King Louis Philippe I from 1837 to 1838.

He died at Joinville-le-Pont in 1864.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Amiel, Louis Félix". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.