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| François-Joseph Heim Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur 1807 oil on canvas École des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
François-Joseph Heim - Born near Belfort in 1787, died in Paris in 1865. This clever painter commenced work when eight years old and gained the first prize for drawing in Strasbourg before he was eleven. He was a pupil of François-André Vincent in 1803, his people having sent him to Paris to receive the best instruction they could afford. In 1807 he won a prize at the Académie with a picture of Theseus and the Minotaur [above], and a travelling scholarship with which he went to Rome. On his return to Paris he carried off the gold medal at the Académie, became a full member in 1829, and a professor in 1831. He was appointed painter to the Institut de France and exhibited over sixty portraits of members, the drawings for which are now in the Louvre. His historical and religious paintings were very attractive.
– excerpted from the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914)
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| François-Joseph Heim Victory of Judas Maccabeus 1809 drawing private collection |
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| François-Joseph Heim The Bloody Robe of Joseph brought to Jacob 1817 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| François-Joseph Heim Study for The Sack of Jerusalem by the Romans 1824 oil on canvas Jewish Museum, New York |
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| François-Joseph Heim The Sack of Jerusalem by the Romans 1824 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| François-Joseph Heim Study for Portrait of M. de Gestin ca. 1822 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| François-Joseph Heim Madame Adélaїde (Princess Adélaїde d'Orléans, 1777-1847) drawing made ca. 1835 heliogravure by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet made ca. 1890 British Museum |
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| François-Joseph Heim Vesuvius receiving from Jupiter the Fire which will consume Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabies 1826 oil on panel, installed on the ceiling of the Gallery of Charles X Musée du Louvre |
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| François-Joseph Heim Vesuvius receiving from Jupiter the Fire which will consume Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabies 1826 oil on panel, installed on the ceiling of the Gallery of Charles X Musée du Louvre |
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| François-Joseph Heim King Charles X distributing Awards to Artists at the Close of the Salon of 1824 1827 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| François-Joseph Heim King Louis-Philippe opening the Galerie des Batailles, Versailles 1837 oil on canvas Château de Versailles |
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| François-Joseph Heim Study for The Martyrdom of St Hippolytus before 1865 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| François-Joseph Heim Study for The Toilette of Venus before 1865 drawing British Museum |
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| François-Joseph Heim Battle Scene before 1865 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| François-Joseph Heim Defeat of the Cimbri and the Teutons by Marius ca. 1853 oil on canvas Harvard Art Museums |