Artist

Ambroise Louis Garneray

Portrait of Ambroise Louis Garneray
Portrait of Ambroise Louis Garneray

French, 1783–1857

Ambroise Louis Garneray was a French Romanticism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Ambroise Louis Garneray was born in Paris.

Ambroise Louis Garneray (19 February 1783 – 11 September 1857) was a French corsair, painter and writer. He served under Robert Surcouf and Jean-Marie Dutertre, and was held as prisoner-of-war aboard Royal Navy prison hulks for eight years before being captured and repatriated at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, continuing his career as a painter until his death in 1857.

Works by Ambroise Louis Garneray

Collections represented

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