Jean-Baptiste Liénard (dit « Liénard de Reims») – A Landscape Painter Embracing Classical Ideals Jean-Baptiste Liénard, affectionately known as “Liénard de Reims,” was a French painter born in Reims in 1782 and passing away in Châlons-en-Champagne in 1857. Despite the paucity of biographical details—a common predicament for artists of his era—his artistic output speaks volumes about his pivotal role within the École française de peinture et de dessin, the influential French school that championed neoclassical ideals during its formative years. His landscapes, characterized by meticulous obse…