French, 1823-1900  Related Paintings of Germain-Fabius Brest :. | With a chain holding the dog s dynamic | Reading | Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife | Flowers in a Flask d | Etienne Maurice Gerard |
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Anna Althea Hills
1882-1930
Wille Pierre Alexandre
French Painter , 1748--Paris 1821 Painter, son of Jean-Georges Wille. Between 1761 and 1763 he trained under Jean-Baptiste Greuze, who was a friend of his father, and later under Joseph-Marie Vien. Approved by the Acad?mie Royale in 1774, he devoted himself to painting sentimental genre scenes, such as the Last Moments of a Beloved Wife (1784; Cambrai, Mus. Mun.), in Greuze's manner. He also executed paintings for his father to engrave, including French Patriotism (1781) and the Double Reward of Merit (1785; both Bl?rancourt, Cheteau, Mus. N. Coop. Fr.-Amer.).
J.P. Lemke