Hippolyte Flandrin

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Place: Lyon

Born: 1809

Death: 1864

Biography:

Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (23 March 1809 – 21 March 1864) was a 19th-century French painter. His celebrated 1836 work Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer ("Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea") is in the Louvre. From an early age, Flandrin showed interest in the arts and a career as a painter. However, his parents pressured him to become a busin...

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