Background
Cortot was born and died in Paris.
Cortot was born and died in Paris.
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Cortot worked in an austere, correct, academic neo-classical style, heir to both classic French models from the late 18th century and the Greco-Roman tradition. His art took on a more romantic expression toward the end of his life. He was made an Officer of the Légion d"honneur in 1841.
Among his students were Joseph-Marius Ramus, Jean-Jacques Feuchère, Pierre-Charles Simart, Jean-Auguste Barre, and the animalier Pierre Louis Rouillard.
A street in Montmartre bears his name, and Cortot"s grave can be found in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Appointed a professor at the École, succeeding Charles Dupaty, he was made a member of the Académie des beaux-arts in 1825, again replacing Dupaty.