Jean-Jacques Avril

"Study Wanting to Hold Back Time" by Jean-Jacques Avril. National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, Baku

Jean-Jacques Avril, "the elder" (1744–1831), was a French artist and reproductive engraver born in Paris who made about 540 engravings, some of large dimensions. He was a pupil of Johann Georg Wille. He died in Paris in 1831.[1]

His prints bear addresses in the Rue de la Huchette and the Rue du Petit Bourbon.[2]

Works

His engravings include:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bryan (1886–9)
  2. "Biographical details Jean Jacques Avril". British Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

Sources

This article incorporates text from the article "AVRIL, Jean Jacques, 'the elder'" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.


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