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{{Short description|French painter and lithographer (1791–1834)}}
[[File:Frascati religious holiday St Joseph Calasanz img016.jpg|thumb|''Frascati religious holiday'' by Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas, 1823]]
'''Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas''' (1791–1834) was a French painter and [[lithography|lithographer]].
Thomas mentored under [[François-André Vincent]], and later studied at the [[École des Beaux-Arts]]. Thomas lived and traveled around Italy, which inspired many of his works. He specialized in oil paintings, often depictions of Italian daily life or [[ancient rome]]. He was also commissioned to paint a number of religious works for various churches. In 1816 he won the [[Prix de Rome]] with his piece ''Oenone Refusing to Help the Wounded Paris''. He spent two years studying art in Rome and returned to Paris in 1818. Between 1819 and 1831 he exhibited his paintings at [[Salon (Paris)|Salons]], however today he is best known for his series of lithographs, ''One Year in Rome and Its Environs''. Thomas' style is characterized as [[Romanticism]].<ref name="ref1">**{{cite web|url=http://www.philippeguegan.com/galerie/Antoine-Jean-Baptiste-Thomas-Vedute-2.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131044234/http://www.philippeguegan.com/galerie/Antoine-Jean-Baptiste-Thomas-Vedute-2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-31 |title=Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas Brief Bio |accessdate=2012-05-09 }}
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Campbell, Richard J. & Carlson, Victor. “Visions of Antiquity Neoclassical Figure Drawings” Los Angeles County Museum of Art & The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1993. 262.
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[[File:Thomas Prix de Rome.JPG|thumb|''Oenone Refusing to Help the Wounded Paris,'' by Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Thomas, [[Prix de Rome]] 1816]]
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