12 March 1770 - 11 January 1837) was a French painter born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador. His mother was Italian. As a baron of the Empire he is sometimes referred to as Baron Gerard. Related Paintings of Francois Pascal Simon Gerard :. | The Fatherland under Threat | ortrait of Empress Josephine of France | Louis-Philippe Ier, roi des Francais, prete serment sur la Charte | Portrait de Napoleon Ier en uniforme de colonel des grenadiers a pied de la Garde | Portrait of French stateman Charles Maurice Talleyrand-Perigord | Related Artists: Anna Bacherini Piattoli 1720-80
Michelino da Besozzo Italian Early Renaissance Painter, active 1388-1450 Julius Hubner 1806 Oels-1882 Loschwitz ,was a German historical painter of the Dusseldorf school. He was also known as a poet and the father of Emil Hubner, a distinguished classical scholar. Hubner was born at Oels in Silesia, studied at the Academy School in Berlin and under Schadow there and in Dusseldorf. He first attracted attention by his picture of "Ruth and Boaz" (1825). He traveled in Italy and resided for the most part at Dusseldorf until 1839. In that year he settled at Dresden, becoming a professor in the Academy of Arts in 1841 and director of the Gallery of Paintings in 1871. He obtained the great gold medal at Brussels in 1851. He died in Loschwitz.