baron François Gérard

French Artist · 1770–1837

5 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Raised in Rome, Neoclassical painter François Gérard acquired a love of Italian painting that informed his art for life. Returning to Paris around 1782, he studied under such artists as sculptor Augustin Pajou and painter Jacques-Louis David, who hired him as assistant in 1791. By 1793, with both parents dead and taking full responsibility for his youngest brother, Gérard earned a living by illust