page_title: François Debon
hierarchical_section_title: François Debon
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Esquisse préparatoire pour le tableau La Bataille de Hastings de 1844, qui a brûlé en 1905
context_page_description: François Hyppolite Debon, was a French painter. He studied under Antoine-Jean Gros and Abel de Pujol, and exhibited at the Paris Salon, where he won several medals, including a third class one in 1844 and two second class ones in 1835 and 1868. Baudelaire said of Debon's 1845 painting The Battle of Hastings "What talent! What energy!" That canvas was later lost in a fire at the musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen in 1905.
context_section_description: François Hyppolite Debon (December 2, 1807, Paris – February 29, 1872, Paris), was a French painter. He studied under Antoine-Jean Gros and Abel de Pujol, and exhibited at the Paris Salon, where he won several medals, including a third class one in 1844 and two second class ones in 1835 and 1868. Baudelaire said of Debon's 1845 painting The Battle of Hastings "What talent! What energy!" That canvas was later lost in a fire at the musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen in 1905.
caption: François Debon, The Battle of Hastings in 1066, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France
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