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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Michel Eugène Chevreul canonical 4
Chevreul 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French person
chemist
color theorist
human
awardReceived Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
birthDate 1786-08-31
birthPlace Angers
surface form: Angers, France
contributedTo development of modern candle industry
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1889-04-09
deathPlace Paris
surface form: Paris, France
discovered margaric acid
oleic acid
stearic acid
employer Manufacture des Gobelins
familyName Michel Eugène Chevreul self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chevreul
fieldOfWork chemistry
Modern Chromatics, with Applications to Art and Industry
surface form: color theory

dyeing
fatty acids
organic chemistry
fullName Michel Eugène Chevreul self-link
givenName Eugène
Michel
influenced Georges Seurat
Impressionist color practice
Neo-Impressionism
Paul Signac
Neo-Impressionism
surface form: Pointillism
knownFor influence on Neo-Impressionism
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
surface form: Académie des Beaux-Arts

Académie des Sciences
notableConcept color harmony
simultaneous contrast
notableWork De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs
Recherches chimiques sur les corps gras d’origine animale
occupation chemist
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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Neo-Impressionism influencedBy Michel Eugène Chevreul
Michel Eugène Chevreul fullName Michel Eugène Chevreul self-link
Michel Eugène Chevreul familyName Michel Eugène Chevreul self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chevreul