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Jean Baptiste Vermay

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Jean Baptiste Vermay
Eliab Metcalf,Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Vermay,Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
Born(1786-10-15)15 October 1786
Tournan-en-Brie, Île-de-France, France
Died30 March 1833(1833-03-30)(aged 46)
Havana, Cuba
Other namesJean-Baptiste Vermay
Occupation(s)Painter, sculptor, caricaturist, educator, musician, architect

Jean-Baptiste Vermay(1786–1833) was a French-born Cuban painter, sculptor, caricaturist, educator, musician, and architect.[1]He was the founding director of theAcademia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro.[2]

Biography[edit]

L'Mort de Marie Stuart (c. 1908) by Jean Baptiste Vermay
L'Mort deMarie Stuart(c. 1908) by Jean Baptiste Vermay

Jean-Baptiste Vermay was born on 15 October 1786 inTournan-en-Brie,Île-de-France.[3][4]In 1797, he moved to Paris to study in the studio ofJacques-Louis David.[5]His classmate and friend wasJoseph Leclerc de Baumé,the French painter. He also studied in Rome and Florence.[4]

In 1908, he won honors for his workL'Mort deMarie Stuartat the L'Exposition Universelle de 1908, aworld's fair.[1]

In 1815, Vermay moved to Cuba.[3]Starting in 1818, Vermay was the founding director of the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro.[2]He remained at the school until his death.

Vermay painted the interior of theEl Templete.[6]Vermay in Cuba was appointed"Room Painter"of the King of Spain,Ferdinand VII.He died on 30 March 1833 in Havana fromcholera.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^abInter-America.Vol. 9. 1926. p. 170.
  2. ^ab"Fundada la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro".La Jiribilla(in European Spanish). September 7, 2018.Retrieved2022-09-21.
  3. ^ab"Jean Baptiste Vermay".British Museum.Retrieved2022-09-21.
  4. ^abcBarclay, Juliet (2003).Havana: Portrait of a City.Sterling Publishing Company. pp. 87–88.ISBN978-1-84403-127-6.
  5. ^"Cultural Anthropology".Abstracts in Anthropology.69(3): 440–589. October 2014.doi:10.1177/000134551406900302.ISSN0001-3455.S2CID220318250.
  6. ^Niell, Paul (August 2012)."Founding the Academy of San Alejandro and the Politics of Taste in Late Colonial Havana, Cuba".Colonial Latin American Review.21(2): 293–318.doi:10.1080/10609164.2012.695628.S2CID154633374.
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