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FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 674 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA
FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872) , French engraver, was born at Locle in Neufchatel, on the 22nd of August 1790. In 1805 he was apprenticed to an engraver in Paris, and he also studied painting and engraving simultaneously in the lcole des Beaux-Arts. His preference was ultimately fixed on the latter art, and on his obtaining in 1814 the first " grand prix de gravure," the king of Prussia, who was then with the allies in Paris, bestowed on him a gold
medal
 , and a pension of 1500 francs for two years. With the aid of this sum he pursued his studies in Rome, where his attention was devoted chiefly to the works of Raphael. In 1844 he succeeded Tardieu in the
Academy
 . He died at Paris on the 27th of June 1872. Forster occupied the first position among the French engravers of his time, and was equally successful in historical pieces and in portraits. Among his works may be mentionedThe Three Graces, and La Vierge de la legende, after Raphael; La Vierge au bas-relief, after Leonardo da Vinci; Francis I. and Charles V., after Gros; St
Cecilia
 , after Paul Delaroche; Albert Diirer and
Henry
  IV., after Porbus;
Wellington
 , after Gerard; and Queen Victoria, after Winterhalter.


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