Jean-Joseph Taillasson (6 July 1745 — 11 November 1809) was a French history painter and portraitist, draftsman and art critic. Taillasson was born at Blaye, near Bordeaux. His poem "Le Danger des règles dans les Arts" was noted with approval by the Danish visitor to Paris, Tønnes Christian Bruun-Neergaard, and an elegy "Sur la Nuit", he thought, seemed fit to soften the least sensitive heart. who matured his talent in the Paris ateliers of Joseph-Marie Vien (from 1764) and Nicolas Bernard… Read more...