Background
He was the son of a celebrated engraver and received a first-rate education in his craft.
He was the son of a celebrated engraver and received a first-rate education in his craft.
Flameng initially received renown for his history painting and portraiture, and became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. He decorated such important civic buildings as the Sorbonne and the Opera Comique, and also produced advertising work. Flameng was granted France"s highest civilian honor, the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"Honneur, and designed France"s first bank notes.
Flameng married Marguerite Henriette Augusta Turquet (1863–?) at Neuilly-sur-Seine on 30 November 1881.
Their daughter Marie married the tennis star Max Decugis, who Flameng also painted.