Achille Etna Michallon

Dieppe – The Artists – Michallon, Achille Etna

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Achille Etna Michallon
Achille Etna Michallon

Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822) was a French painter. Michallon was the son of the sculptor Claude Michallon and nephew of the sculptor Guillaume Francin.

He studied under Jacques-Louis David and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. In 1817, Michallon won the inaugural Prix de Rome for landscape painting. He travelled to Italy in 1818 and remained there for over two years. This trip had a profound influence on his work.

Before he had much time to develop what he had learned however, he died at the age of 25 of pneumonia, a tragedy which cut short the life of a talented and well respected artist who could have gone on to win lasting fame.

Though it is often disputed, it is thought that at one time, Corot was his pupil.

Click here to read his Michallon’s bio on Wikipedia.

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1817 - Achille Etna Michallon - Dieppe. Seine-Inferieure
1817 – Achille Etna Michallon – Dieppe. Seine-Inferieure

Apart from Paris, Michallon painted mostly in Italy, but he did make a few paintings in Normandy. Here are the places he painted in (a link “⇠” to his works will appear when published).

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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