Upon his return to Paris in 1856, Flandrin received a commission from the chapel of St John in the church of St Séverin. On April 4, 1856, he assisted in the founding of the Œuvre des Écoles d'Orient, better known as L'Œuvre d'Orient he was a member of its first general council at April 25, 1856. In 1853, Flandrin was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Dante and Virgil visiting the Envious Men struck with Blindness and Euripides writing his Tragedies are now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon. Jesus and the Little Children was given by the government to the town of Lisieux. Clair Healing the Blind was created for the Nantes Cathedral, and years later, it also brought him a medal of the first class at the exhibition of 1855 this painting was destroyed in the fire which took place at Nantes Cathedral on 18 July 2020. While there, he created several paintings, increasing his celebrity both in France and Italy. The Prix de Rome allowed him to study for five years in Rome.

This prestigious art scholarship meant that he was no longer limited by his poverty. However, in 1832, he won the Prix de Rome for his painting Recognition of Theseus by his Father. At first, Hippolyte struggled as a poor artist. Eventually, they settled in the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, who became not only their instructor but their friend for life. Hippolyte and Paul spent some time at Lyon, saving to leave for Paris in 1829 and study under Louis Hersent. He married Aimée-Caroline Ancelot (1822-1882) in 1843, to whom was born Paul Hippolyte Flandrin (1856-1921), who become painter of sacred art, portraitist and decorator. Paul, his younger brother, was a painter of portraits and religious imagery. Auguste, his older brother, spent most of his life as a professor at Lyon and later died there.

Hippolyte was the second of three sons, all of whom were painters in some aspect. However, his parents pressured him to become a businessman, and having very little training, he was forced to instead become a miniature painter. His most celebrated work, Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer ('Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea'), from 1836, is held in the Louvre.įrom an early age, Flandrin showed interest in the arts and a career as a painter. Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (23 March 1809 – 21 March 1864) was a French Neoclassical painter.

Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer (1836) Pupil of Louis Hersent, after of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Saint Clothilde by Blandine Male