Abel de Pujol

Abel de Pujol
Self-portrait, 1812
Born
Alexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol

30 January 1785
Valenciennes, France
Died29 September 1861 (aged 76)
Paris, France
Known forPainting
Notable workCeiling of the grand-staircase at the Louvre,
galerie de Diane at Fontainebleau,
ceiling of the Bourse de Paris
SpouseAdrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (m. 1856)
AwardsOfficer of the légion d'honneur
Abel de Pujol, ca.1860. Photograph by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

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.