Artist

Eugène Lenepveu

1819–1898 · born in Angers · died in Paris

Eugène Lenepveu was a French painter born in Angers in 1819. He won the Prix de Rome, directed the French Academy in Rome for several years, and painted a famous series of scenes from the life of Joan of Arc in the Panthéon in Paris. He died in Paris in 1898.