François-Louis Gounod
François-Louis Gounod (26 March 1758 – 5 May 1825) was a French painter.
Victurnien Bonaventure de Rochechouart de Mortemart by François-Louis Gounod, 1810
Gounod is primarily known through his works. He took second prize of the Prix de Rome in 1783. He married a piano teacher, and his son Charles Gounod became an award-winning composer.
References
- According to the historian Théodore Gosselin, Les Tuileries, page 69, François-Louis Gounod was the son of a king furbisher housed at the Tuileries Palace
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 5th ed. 1954
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