Jules-Romain Tardieu (28 January 1805 – 19 July 1868) was a French writer, publisher and bookseller.
8-589: Jules-Romain Tardieu was born on 28 January 1805 in Rouen, son of the painter Jean-Charles Tardieu . At the age of sixteen he joined the house of Antoine-Augustin Renouard . In 1837 he became an associate of Jules Renouard, Antoine's son and successor. When Jules Renouard died in 1854, he headed the publishing house for some time before founding another institution in 1856. He was a member and secretary of several committees. He put
16-508: A lot of energy into questions of literary property, in which his brother Amand-Louis Tardieu was also involved in Belgium. Tardieu also became a well-known author under the pseudonyms "J.-T. de Saint-Germain" and "abbé Paul". He died on 19 July 1868 in Paris. Citations Sources Jean-Charles Tardieu Jean-Charles Tardieu , also called "Tardieu-Cochin" (3 September 1765 – 3 April 1830)
24-453: A number of exhibitions in the Louvre between 1806 and 1823. In 1808 he was granted a housing allowance. The great majority of his works were bought by the government or commissioned by the government. Tardieu had excellent connections and seems to have been fully employed during the reigns of Napoleon , Louis XVIII and Charles X of France . Several of his works were bought for the house of
32-495: The Rouen Cathedral , and in the museums of Besançon , Le Havre , Marseille and Versailles . Among the most successful are Halte en Égypte , Jean Bart à la cour , la Conversion du duc de Joyeuse , Frédéric-Guillaume chez le grand Frédéric , Louis XVIII à Mittau et l’Aveugle au marché des Innocents . Some of the more notable of Tardieu's paintings: Other notable works include: In addition, public collections hold
40-788: The Academy and the King's engravers. His father's cousin was the engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin , who left him a small legacy when he died in 1790. Cochin also treated him as a sort of pupil and gave him advice. He was formally placed under Jean-Baptiste Regnault for his artistic training. He failed to get the Grand Prix de Rome , but the second prize of the Prix de Rome was awarded to him in 1790. His father died on 9 July 1791. A passionate artist with great skill in composition, Tardieu exhibited in various salons, and achieved considerable success. He took part in
48-604: The latter sovereign. He made a large number of tableaux for the government, which were placed in the Luxembourg , Versailles , Saint-Cloud , Fontainebleau and Compiègne palaces and also at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen , Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon , Rouen Cathedral , Nîmes Cathedral and Lons-le-Saulnier Cathedral. In his later years, Tardieu worked on religious tableaux and landscapes. Tardieu died in Paris on 3 April 1830. His son Jules-Romain Tardieu
56-461: Was a successful French painter during the ages of Napoleon and of the Bourbon Restoration . His work was primarily historical, but also included landscapes, portraits and religious subjects. Jean-Charles Tardieu was born on 3 September 1765 in Paris, son of Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu and Elisabeth Claire Tournay. His father and his grandfather, Nicolas-Henri Tardieu , were both members of
64-476: Was born in Rouen on 28 January 1805. Jules was to become a connoisseur of the arts and letters, a writer, publisher and bookseller, and a member of the Academy of Caen. Tardieu-Cochin's work was primarily historical. He often took classical and poetic subjects. He also made copies of several paintings of saints by Philippe de Champaigne that were commissioned by the king's house. Almost all his works are held in public collections including, among others, those in
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