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(2) Pierre-Alexandre Wille
(b Paris, 19 July 1748; d Paris, after 1821). Painter, son of (1) Jean-Georges Wille. Between 1761 and 1763 he trained under Jean-Baptiste Greuze, who was a friend of his father, and later under Joseph-Marie Vien. Approved (agréé) by the Académie Royale in 1774, he devoted himself to painting sentimental genre scenes, such as the Last Moments of a Beloved Wife (1784; Cambrai, Mus. Mun.), in Greuze’s manner. He also executed paintings for his father to engrave, including French Patriotism (1781) and the Double Reward of Merit (1785; both Blérancourt, Château, Mus. N. Coop. Fr.–Amér.). Having played an active role in the French Revolution, he is barely documented thereafter. A drawing of Danton Led to the Scaffold (Paris, Carnavalet) was attributed to him by Maison.
Part of the Wille family
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