从很小的时候，Flandrin表现出对艺术的兴趣和职业生涯作为一个画家。然而，他的父母施加压力，他成为一名商人，并且具有很少的培训，他被迫反而成了一个微型的画家。

伊波利特是三个儿子，他们都是在某些方面画家第二。奥古斯托，他的哥哥，度过了他一生中最作为里昂的教授，后来死在那里。保罗，他的弟弟，是肖像和宗教意象的画家。

伊波利特和保罗花了里昂一些时间，节省在1829年离开巴黎和研究下路易斯Hersent。最终，他们在工作室入驻让·奥古斯特·多米尼克·安格尔，谁成为不仅是他们的教练，但他们的朋友的生活。起初，伊波利特奋斗作为一个贫穷的艺术家。然而，在1832年，他赢得了罗马大奖，他的绘画识别忒修斯由他的父亲。这个著名的艺术奖学金意味着他不再受到他的贫穷限制。

From a very young age, Flandrin showed an interest in art and career as a painter. However, his parents put pressure on him to become a businessman, and with little training, he was forced to become a miniature painter.
Hippolyte is the three son, they are all in some ways the painter second. Augusto, his brother, spent most of his life as a professor of Lyon and died there. Paul, his brother, is a painter of portraits and religious images.
Hippolyte and Paul spent some time in Lyon, save left Paris in 1829 and studied under Hersent Lewis. Eventually, they settled down in the studio to let August Dominique Angel, who became not only their coach, but their friend's life. At first, Ippolit struggle as a poor artist. However, in 1832, he won the Rome Grand Prix, his painting Theseus recognition by his father. The famous art scholarship means that he is no longer limited by his poverty.