Claude Michel Philastre
1760–1842 (age 82)
Biography
Claude Michel Philastre was a distinguished painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, whose artistic career spanned the transformative period from the Ancien Régime through the Napoleonic era. His works reflected the neoclassical sensibilities that dominated French academic painting during his lifetime, contributing to the cultural heritage of his time.
Philastre's legacy endures through his artistic contributions to French painting. He was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery, one of Paris's most prestigious burial grounds, a testament to his standing within the artistic community of his era.