François Joseph Kinsoen (1770-1839)

• Was a Flemish painter.
• Kinson attended art school at Bruges and soon established a reputation in Ghent and Brussels.

• Settled in Paris from 1794.

• He exhibited a portrait in Paris in 1799. 

• Settled in Paris from 1794.

• He worked for Napoleon's court and eventually became court painter to Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia. 

• Kinson is best remembered for his portraits of elegant women.

• The artist continued to work in Paris.

• He died unexpectedly during a visit he made to his sisters in Bruges in 1839, at the age of 68. 

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