School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Jean François Janinet

Born: 1752, France, Paris   Died: 1814, France, Paris

Engraver and balloonist. Trained under his father, at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, Paris, and under Louis Bonnet. He was a specialist for colour printing (for example colour aquatint) and created prints of works by famous contemporary artists such as Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. In 1790, he created a series of 52 engravings depicting political events of the French Revolution. Many of his works are now kept at the Museum of the French Revolution, Vizille, France.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

La Clémence D'Auguste PR4950 Prints




 
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