Auguste-Siméon Garneray
Auguste-Siméon Garneray (1785 in Paris – 1824) was a French troubadour style painter.
Life
The second of three sons of the painter
duchesse de Berry. He also designed costumes for the Paris Opera. He produced the watercolours commissioned by empress Marie Louise for a Histoire de Mlle de La Vallière, along with the illustrations for an edition of Molière
.
References
- (in French) beaux-arts and Noémi-Noire Oursel, Réunion des sociétés des beaux-arts des départements, vol. 27ème session : du 2 au 5 juin 1903, Ministère de l'instruction publique et des beaux-arts, Paris, 1903, partie Lectures et communications, chap. XXX (« Louis Garneray »), p. 608