Charles-Alexandre Coëssin de la Fosse [SEP] occupation
Charles-Alexandre Coëssin de la Fosse
Charles-Alexandre Coëssin de la Fosse (1829–1910) was a French neoclassisist painter and engraver.
Life.
He was born in Lisieux, Calvados (a department in Normandy), he went in Paris in 1857 in a way to make his first exhibition. From this time and during his entire life, he exhibited regularly at the Salon. He painted mostly genre scenes—war, religion, and mythology—and is noted for his skill in composition and the use of
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- "Léda" (1832)
- "The Siege of Calais", (1838)
- "Peste de Florence" (Grenoble Museum)
Pupils.
His pupils include:
- Étienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour
- Édouard Théophile Blanchard
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau
- Alexandre Cabanel
- Charles-Alexandre Coëssin de la Fosse
- Jean-Jacques Henner
- Louis Héctor Leroux
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