Michel Eugène Chevreul
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Michel Eugène Chevreul was a French chemist and color theorist whose work on color contrast and harmony profoundly shaped modern art movements, including Neo-Impressionism.
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| Chevreul | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
French person
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chemist ⓘ color theorist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
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surface form:
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
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| birthDate | 1786-08-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Angers
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surface form:
Angers, France
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| contributedTo | development of modern candle industry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1889-04-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| discovered |
margaric acid
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oleic acid ⓘ stearic acid ⓘ |
| employer | Manufacture des Gobelins ⓘ |
| familyName |
Michel Eugène Chevreul
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Chevreul
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| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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Modern Chromatics, with Applications to Art and Industry ⓘ
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color theory
dyeing ⓘ fatty acids ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName | Michel Eugène Chevreul self-link ⓘ |
| givenName |
Eugène
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Michel ⓘ |
| influenced |
Georges Seurat
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Impressionist color practice ⓘ Neo-Impressionism ⓘ Paul Signac ⓘ Neo-Impressionism ⓘ
surface form:
Pointillism
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| knownFor |
influence on Neo-Impressionism
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influence on color harmony in art ⓘ law of simultaneous contrast of colors ⓘ research on fatty acids ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| lifespanInYears | 102 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French Académie des Beaux-Arts
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Académie des Beaux-Arts
Académie des Sciences ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
color harmony
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simultaneous contrast ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs
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Recherches chimiques sur les corps gras d’origine animale ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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color theorist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of dye works at the Gobelins Manufactory ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Chevreul