Léon Cogniet (1794 – 1880)
Léon Cogniet was a French artist, born in Paris. In 1812, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts where he studied with Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. He also worked in the studios of Jean-Victor Bertin. In 1817, Cogniet won the Prix de Rome, on his second attempt which gained him a scholarship to study at the French Academy in Rome. In 1827, he produced a series of murals for the church of Saint-Nicholas-des-Champs, and between 1833 and 1835, he painted a scene from Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt, on one of the ceilings at the Louvre. Cogniet was also an outstanding teacher and established a painting workshop for women which was directed by his sister, Marie Amélie and one of his students, Catherine Caroline Thévenin, who later became his wife.
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