Francois-Marius Granet (1775 - 1849) France
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 4 1/2"in H x 6 1/2"in W and 8 3/4"in H x 10 3/4"in W with frame

Known for: Architecture-churches, figure, portrait and interior scene painting
Name variants: Francois Marius Granet, Marius Granet
Biography: Francois Marius Granet (17 December 1777 - 21 November 1849), French painter, was born in Aix-en-Provence; his father was a small builder. As a boy his strong desires led his parents to place him, after some preliminary teaching from a passing Italian artist, in a free school of art directed by M. Constantin, a landscape painter of some reputation. In 1793, Granet followed the volunteers of Aix to the siege of Toulon, where he obtained employment as a decorator in the arsenal.In 1819, Louis Philippe decorated Granet, and afterwards named him Chevalier de l'Ordre St Michel, and Conservateur des tableaux de Versailles (1826). He became member of the institute in 1830; but in spite of these honours, and the ties which bound him to M. de Forbin, then director of the Louvre, Granet constantly returned to Rome. After 1848 he retired to Aix, immediately lost his wife, and died himself on the 21st of November 1849. He bequeathed to his native town the greater part of his fortune and all his collections, now exhibited in the house, together with a very fine portrait of the donor painted by Ingres in 1811.

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