Philippe Rousseau
Master of French still life painting
Philippe Rousseau was a French painter known primarily for his still life paintings. He was a pupil of Baron Antoine-Jean Gros and Jean-Victor Bertin at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He began his career as a landscape painter, but later concentrated on still life and animal subjects. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1834, earning a third class medal in 1845, a second class medal in 1855, and a first class medal in 1848. Rousseau was made a knight of the Legion of Honor in 1852, and promoted to officer in 1870.
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Master student
- Baron Antoine-Jean Gros Master
- Jean-Victor Bertin Master
- Louis Marie De Schryver Student