Jean-Louis Gintrac

[1] There, by a recommendation from Jacques Arago, he joined the atelier of Guillaume Guillon Lethière.

His close associates included the painters Carle Vernet and Pierre Lacour, and the Mayor of Bordeaux, Alexandre de Bethmann [fr].

[2] In 1846, he took a two-month trip with Bethmann; crossing Southern France to Marseille.

From there, they sailed to Civitavecchia; touring most of the eastern side of the Italian Peninsula.

[1] From 1850 until the mid-1860s, he was a regular exhibitor at the Bordeaux Salon, although his output declined after 1853, when he chose to devote more time to his family.