Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1485-1540  Related Paintings of Joos van cleve :. | Portrait of a Woman | Madonna and Child againt the renaissance background | Man with the Rosary | Portrait of Eleonora, Queen of France | Portrait of unknown man |
Related Artists:
Braud, Jean
French Impressionist Painter, 1849-ca.1935
Bonaguida, Pacino di
Italian, active 1303-1330
Francois Joseph Kinson
François-Joseph Kinson (1771-1839) was a Flemish painter. Kinson attended art school at Bruges and soon established a reputation in Ghent and Brussels. He exhibited a portrait in Paris in 1799. Settling in Paris after the exhibition, the artist courted the favor of the rich and famous of the time. Kinson worked for Napoleones court and eventually became court painter to Jerôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia. Kinson is best remembered for his portraits of elegant women. The artist worked as a court painter in Paris until 1830, and died in 1839 at the age of 68.