Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter. He was a student of David and his own students included Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Émile Lévy. He painted the ceiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre as well as the galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau and the ceiling of the Bourse de Paris. A member of the Institut de France, he was an officer of the légion d'honneur.
Selected works
Students Julien Hudson, (1811–1844) François Debon, (1816–1872) Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy, (1798–1869) who married him Auguste Désiré Saint-Quentin, (1833–1906) Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, (1803–1860) Alphonse Lami, (1822-1867)
Bibliography Théodore Pelloquet Dictionnaire de poche des artistes contemporains Paris 1858 Georges Rouget Notice sur Abel de Pujol, peintre d'histoire, membre de l'Institut typ. de E. Prignet Paris 1861 on Googlebooks
External links
Analysis of the work 'Workshop of Abel de Pujol' by Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy Abel de Pujol @ ArtCyclopedia