Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran
French artist and teacher
Died when: 95 years 85 days (1142 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran (May 14, 1802 – August 7, 1897) was a French artist and teacher.He was born in Paris.Boisbaudran was admitted in 1819 to the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied under Peyron and Guillon Lethière.
He exhibited at the Salon in 1831 and 1840, and became a professor at the academy.As a drawing instructor he became known for his innovative method which emphasized memorization.
His students were instructed to visit the Louvre, where they were to carefully study a painting in order to reproduce it from memory later, in the studio.
This exercise was intended to help the student to discover his own visual language.Among Lecoq de Boisbaudran's best-known students were Rodin, Fantin-Latour, and Alphonse Legros.
Others who studied with him include Jules Chéret, Léon Lhermitte, Jean-Charles Cazin, Jules Dalou and Oscar Roty.Lecoq de Boisbaudran died in Paris on August 7, 1897.
