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Jean-François Clermont

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At a local fair, in 1768, a print dealer was found with three boxes full of prints and drawings which he said were bought from Clermont for 105 Livres. Upon being questioned, Clermont dismissed it as a simple case of "thoughtlessness". By 1779, he was complaining of the many annoyances created by his
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pupils and fellow faculty members. His resignation was accepted, and a successor chosen, when the city of Reims begged him to stay, offering him a bonus of 200 Livres to do so. In the end, he would remain until the school was abolished during the
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Catalogue historique et descriptif du musée de Reims : peinture, sculpture, dessins et toiles peintes, précédés d'une introduction
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Le Livret du Musée de Reims, suivi de notices historiques sur l’école de Reims, le Musée, la Bibliothèque et les archives
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In 1754 he returned to Paris. Two years later, he participated in an exhibition at the
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His decorative paintings may still be seen at many homes in the area. The
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He may have been a descendent of Jean Clermont (1630-?), a student of
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has a large collection of his pencil drawings and some engravings.
52: 36: 119: 32: 28: 177:, 15th ed., Bureaux d’Abonnement et de Vente, 1847, pg.163. 92:. His tenure there was, however, fraught with problems. 219: 66:and began with eighteen students, including 113: 103:In 1795, during the construction of the 15: 201:, Vol.1, XXVII-375, Masson-Gérard, 1881 220: 35:) was a French painter, designer and 13: 192:Les Artistes français à l’étranger 184: 152: 140: 14: 264: 205: 149:, Vol.18, J. Claye, 1865, pg.237. 164: 1: 133: 253:19th-century French painters 238:18th-century French painters 42: 7: 10: 269: 51:, who was originally from 128:Carnegie Library of Reims 68:Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux 197:Jean Charles Loriquet, 212:More works by Clermont 147:Gazette des beaux-arts 123: 25:Jean-François Clermont 21: 194:, Paris, Didron, 1852 117: 83:Jean-Baptiste Germain 60:Académie de Saint-Luc 19: 248:Painters from Paris 175:Magasin pittoresque 20:An Allegory of Love 161:, 1845, pg.11 ff.. 124: 122:Playing with a Dog 22: 49:Eustache Le Sueur 260: 190:Louis Dussieux, 178: 168: 162: 156: 150: 144: 91: 80: 72:Nicolas Perseval 31:- 9 April 1807, 268: 267: 263: 262: 261: 259: 258: 257: 218: 217: 208: 187: 185:Further reading 182: 181: 171:Édouard Charton 169: 165: 157: 153: 145: 141: 136: 85: 74: 45: 12: 11: 5: 266: 256: 255: 250: 245: 243:French etchers 240: 235: 230: 216: 215: 207: 206:External links 204: 203: 202: 195: 186: 183: 180: 179: 163: 151: 138: 137: 135: 132: 105:École centrale 44: 41: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 265: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 229: 226: 225: 223: 213: 210: 209: 200: 196: 193: 189: 188: 176: 172: 167: 160: 155: 148: 143: 139: 131: 129: 121: 116: 112: 110: 106: 101: 99: 93: 89: 84: 78: 73: 69: 65: 61: 56: 54: 50: 40: 38: 34: 30: 26: 18: 198: 191: 174: 166: 158: 154: 146: 142: 125: 102: 94: 57: 46: 24: 23: 233:1807 deaths 228:1717 births 86: [ 75: [ 222:Categories 134:References 98:Revolution 43:Biography 214:@ ArtNet 53:Chartres 109:Châlons 27:(1717, 81:, and 64:Livres 37:etcher 120:Putti 90:] 79:] 33:Reims 29:Paris 118:Six 107:in 224:: 173:, 88:fr 77:fr 70:, 39:.

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Eustache Le Sueur
Chartres
Académie de Saint-Luc
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Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux
Nicolas Perseval
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Jean-Baptiste Germain
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Revolution
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Carnegie Library of Reims
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More works by Clermont
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