Jean-Léonard Lugardon
He was born to the watchmaker, Albert Lugardon, and his wife, Catherine, née Duboule.
In 1824, Ingres encouraged him to enter a history painting competition in Geneva, which he won.
After a brief return to Switzerland, occasioned by the death of his father, he was back in Italy, in Rome, from 1826 to 1829.
[1] He then returned to Geneva and began taking students: notably, Barthélemy Menn.
During that same period, he had some creative disagreements with the Société and became one of the founding members of the Fine Arts division of the Geneva National Institute [fr], a project of the radical politician, James Fazy.
(attacked by men attempting to confiscate his oxen)