{{Short description|French painter (1817–1878)}} thumb|Alexandre Antigna '''Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna''' (March 7, 1817 – February 26, 1878) was a French painter.
==Early life and education== Antigna was born in Orléans, France, where his earliest training took place, under a local painter, François Salmon. On October 9, 1837, he entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of Sebastien Norblin de la Gourdaine as well as the renowned Paul Delaroche.
==Career== Until 1845, Antigna's paintings were generally religious scenes and portraits.
After living in the poor quarter of the Île Saint-Louis in Paris, he incorporated images of the suffering and burden of the urban poor into his works. By the 1848 Revolution Antigna was devoted to the Realist style.
He continued to paint in the Realist style until circa 1860, when he began to produce paintings in the Naturalist vein. He exhibited at the Salon and received the Legion of Honour in 1861.<ref>[http://64.78.5.47/info_detail.cfm?type=artist&Arts_id=AA William Secord Gallery, Inc.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} New York, 2005. Retrieved November 28, 2006.</ref>
He traveled to Spain and Brittany numerous times in order to paint multifarious scenes, yet he always retained his compassion for the poor.
==Personal life== In 1861 Antigna married Hélène Marie Pettit, who became a painter herself. Their son, {{ill|Andre-Marc Antigna|fr}}, was also a painter and miniaturist.<ref>[http://www.artrenewal.com/asp/database/art.asp?aid=243 Alexandre Antigna.]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ARC; Art Renewal Center. Retrieved November 28, 2006.</ref>
Antigna died in Paris in 1878 at the age of 60.
== Works == {| width="100%" | width="50%" valign="top"| * 1848 ''L'Éclair'' * 1849 ''Après le Bain'' * 1850 ''L'Incendie'' * 1855 ''La Mort du Pauvre'' * 1855 ''La Fête Dieu'' | width="50%" valign="top"| * 1855 ''La Halte forcée'' * 1862 ''Marchand d'images'' * 1864 ''Miroir des bois'' * 1864 ''Paysanne bretonne'' * Year unknown ''Scene d'Atelier''<ref>{{cite web |title=Výjev z ateliéru - Alexandre Antigna |url=http://www.artmuseum.cz/reprodukce2_pohled.php?dilo_id=1860 |website=Artmuseum.cz |accessdate=2019-11-30}}</ref> |} <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> Alexandre Antigna - The Lightning - WGA00733.jpg|The Lightning, 1848 L'Incendie.jpg|''The Fire'', 1850–51 Augustins - La halte forcée - Alexandre ANTIGNA - Ro 1.jpg|The forced stop 1855 CorpusChristiDay.jpg|''La Fête-Dieu'', 1855 Child at a writing desk, by Alexandre Antigna.jpg|''Child at a writing desk'' Alexandre Antigna - Scene D'Atelier.jpg|''Scene from the studio'' </gallery>
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://archive.today/20130117051439/http://www.artfact.com/features/viewArtist.cfm?artistRef=0VGSF9XVRL artfact.com] *[http://www.artrenewal.com/asp/database/art.asp?aid=243 Alexandre Antigna]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Art Renewal Center
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