FLAMENG, Francois, fraii-swa fla-man, French painter: b. Paris, 1856. He began his art studies under his father, Leopold Flameng (q.v.), the engraver, and studied subsequently under Cabanel, Hedouin and Jean Paul Laurens. In 1879, after winning the Prix de Salon, he went to Italy for further study. In 1899 he won the Grand Prix. He is an officer of the Legion of Honor, a member of the French Institute and in 1905 became a sor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He lives in Paris. An artist of distinguished ability as a figure painter, he has used this ability with great effect in his many historical paintings. In more recent years he has become especially noted by his brilliant portraits of well-known personages and of beautiful women. Pictures by him are in the museums of Beaune, Liege, Rouen, Sydney (Australia), and in the embourg. He has also done a great deal of decorative work in public buildings in Paris (Sorbonne, Opera-Comique) and elsewhere, proving that he is one of the most versatile of modern French artists. Among the most
ing works of his are: 'Le Lutrin' (1877) ; (Barbarossa Visits the Tomb of Charlemagne' (1878) ; 'The Girondins Summoned' (1879); 'The Conquerors of the Bastille' (1881)•, Desmoulins> (1882) •, 'The Duel' (1883) •, 'The Massacre of MachecouP(1884); 'The Bowlers' (1885); 'C'est luP (1893); 'Waterloo' (1898); 'The Flight into Egypt' (1900) ; (Eylau' ; etc. One of his pictures, 'Grolier in the House of Aldus' is in the Grolier Club of New York. Consult Cain, G., 'Francois Flameng) (in Art Journal, Vol. XLIII, p. 65, London 1891) ; Flameng, F., 'My Way of Work' (in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Vol. XLVIII, p. 408, New York 1910); Hamerton, P. G., 'Francois Flameng' (in Scribner's Mag azine, Vol. XVI, p. 63, New York Thompson, V., 'Francois Flameng' (in Cosmo politan Magazine, Vol. XLVIII, p. 402, New York 1910); also a number of articles in a special issue of Figaro Illustre (Aimee XVI, No. 104, Paris 1898).