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Jules Elie Delaunay

 1828-1891

FrenchPainter

Artistically and Stylistically Influenced by the Following Painters -:Jacques-Louis David, Francois Gerard, Raphael, Michelangelo,  andAntoine-Jean Gros

Education - studied under Hippolyte Flandrin at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and laer at the prestigious Académie de France in Rome

Cause of Death - Heart Failure

 Jules Elie Delaunay's paintings are magnificent examples of the Neoclassical style recognized by the French Academy in the nineteenth century.

His themes of ancient mythological heroes, muscular male physiques, and historical battle scenes, were all within guidelines espoused by the Academy. To his credit Delaunay realized the danger of undue acceptance of strict rules, rejecting the overstated frostiness