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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (, 4 April 1758 – 16 February 16, 1823) was a French Romantic painter and draughtsman best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits such as ''
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was born in
"Distinctive power".
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File:Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Male Nude Study, NGA 43605.jpg, ''Male Nude Study'', National Gallery of Art
File:Prud'hon - Louise Antoinette Scholastique Guéheneuc (1782-1856).jpg,
''Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution''
a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Prud'hon (see index)
* ttps://www.gdcinteriors.com/prudhon/ ''Pierre-Paul Prud’hon: Napoleon’s Draughtsman'' at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London {{DEFAULTSORT:Prudhon, Pierre Paul 1758 births 1823 deaths People from Saône-et-Loire 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters French draughtsmen French romantic painters Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists
Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons
''Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons'' is a 1796 oil on canvas group portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, which acquired it in 1892.
Two years earlier the artist had fled Paris to escape the Thermidori ...
'' (1796). He painted a portrait of each of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
's two wives.
He was an early influence on Théodore Géricault
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French Painting, painter and Lithography, lithographer, whose best-known painting is ''The Raft of the Medusa''. Although he died young, he was one of the pi ...
.
Biography
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was born in Cluny
Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon.
The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...
, Saône-et-Loire, France
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. He received his artistic training in the French provinces
The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until the National Constituent Assembly adopted a more uniform division into departments (''départements'') and districts in late 1789. The provinces continued to exist administratively until 21 ...
and went to Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
when he was twenty-six years old to continue his education. On his return to Paris
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, he found work decorating some private mansions. His work for wealthy Parisians led him to be held in high esteem at Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
's court.
His painting of Josephine portrays her not as an Empress, but as a lovely, attractive woman, which led some to think that he might have been in love with her. After the divorce of Napoleon and Josephine, he was also employed by Napoleon's second wife Marie-Louise.
Prud'hon was at times clearly influenced by Neo-classicism
Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism w ...
, at other times by Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...
. He was appreciated by other artists and writers, including Stendhal, Delacroix, Millet and Baudelaire, for his chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro ( , ; ), in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achi ...
and convincing realism
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In the arts
*Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts
Arts movements related to realism include:
*Classical Realism
*Literary realism, a move ...
. He painted ''Crucifixion'' (1822) for St. Etienne's Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...
in Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...
; it now hangs in the Louvre
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.
The young Théodore Géricault
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French Painting, painter and Lithography, lithographer, whose best-known painting is ''The Raft of the Medusa''. Although he died young, he was one of the pi ...
had painted copies of work by Prud'hon, whose "thunderously tragic pictures" include his masterpiece, ''Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime'', where oppressive darkness and the compositional base of a naked, sprawled corpse obviously anticipate Géricault's painting ''The Raft of the Medusa
''The Raft of the Medusa'' (french: Le Radeau de la Méduse ) – originally titled ''Scène de Naufrage'' (''Shipwreck Scene'') – is an oil painting of 1818–19 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791� ...
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The Spectator
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It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...
'', November 1, 1997. Retrieved from findarticles.com on January 6, 2008.
Gallery
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello
Louise Antoinette Lannes, Duchess of Montebello (February 26, 1782 in Paris – July 3, 1856 in Paris) was a French courtier, ''dame d'honneur'' (Mistress of the Robes) to Empress Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Marie Louise of France, and the s ...
File:Saint-Just-French anon-MBA Lyon 1955-2-IMG 0450.jpg, Portrait of Louis de Saint-Just, 1793
File:1795, Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul, Nicolas Perchet.jpg, ''Nicolas Perchet'', 1795, Princeton University Art Museum
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File:Female Nude.jpg, ''Female Nude'', 1800
Image:Pierre-Paul Prud'hon 001.jpg, ''Portrait of Joséphine de Beauharnais
Josephine may refer to:
People
* Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer
Places
*Josephine, Texas, United States
*Mount Josephine (disambiguation)
* Josephine Cou ...
'', at the Louvre
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, Paris
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, 1805
File:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.jpg, ''Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (, ; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French clergyman, politician and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the ...
'', 1817
File:Prud'hon 1819 Amour tenant les rames.jpg, ''Study for The Dream of Happiness (with Constance Mayer)'', 1819
References
Further reading
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''Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution''
a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Prud'hon (see index)
* ttps://www.gdcinteriors.com/prudhon/ ''Pierre-Paul Prud’hon: Napoleon’s Draughtsman'' at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London {{DEFAULTSORT:Prudhon, Pierre Paul 1758 births 1823 deaths People from Saône-et-Loire 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters French draughtsmen French romantic painters Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists