Joachim Lebreton

Joachim Lebreton (1760–1819) was a French professor, public administrator and legislator.[1]

Joachim Lebreton
Portrait of Lebreton, by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1795
Born1760
Saint-Méen-le-Grand, France
Died1819(1819-00-00) (aged 58–59)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation(s)Professor, administrator, legislator
AwardsLégion d'honneur

Biography

Lebreton began his career as professor of Rhetoric at the Collège de Tulle.

He was appointed administrator of Fine Arts of the Ministry of Interior during the French Revolution, at the time of the French Directory. Then, he took part in the 18 Brumaire coup, becoming member of the Revolutionary in the year VIII of the Revolution, a member of Institut de France a society for the propagation of science and the arts, in the year XI, and also a member of Légion d'honneur from the year XII. He later became the secretary of the Institut National, "but resigned in 1815, having opposed the repatriation of works of art looted by Napoleon."[2]

He was removed from office and forced into exile with the European Restoration, coming to get refuge in Brazil under the protection of the Portuguese royal family, who was residing there since 1808.[3]

Lebreton docked in Rio de Janeiro in 1816 and was assigned to lead the Missão Artística Francesa (French Artistic Mission).[4] He died a few years after the arrival of the Missão in Brazil, before their projects to implement a systematic art education, which later resulted in Brazilian academic art, had been fully materialized.[5]

Personal life

Lebreton was married to Anne-Julie d'Arcet (1772–1857). Together, they were the parents of Juliette (née Lebreton) Cloquet (1800–1842).[2]

References
  1. Burney, Fanny (1905). Diary & Letters of Madame D'Arblay (1778–1840): April 1802 – January 1840. Macmillan. p. 47. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. "Portrait of Joachim Lebreton". art.nelson-atkins.org. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. Marigny, Marie Anne Françoise de Chateaubriand comtesse de; Marigny, Madame de (1907). Paris en 1814: journal inédit de Madame Marigny, augm. du Journal de T. R. Underwood (in French). E. Paul. p. 149. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. Tenenbaum, Barbara A. (1996). Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: Casa Grande to Furtado. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-684-19753-1. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. Mello, Paulo Thiago de (2006). Living in Rio. Thames & Hudson. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-500-51330-9. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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