Martin Drolling ( Oberhergheim,

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

, September 19, 1752 – Paris, April 16, 1817, aka Drolling the Elder) was a French painter. He was father to

Michel Martin Drolling Michel Martin Drolling (7 March 1786 – 9 January 1851) was a neoclassic French painter, painter of history and portraitist. Biography He was born in Paris. There, he began painting under the supervision of his father, the painter Martin ...

, and to Louise-Adéone Drölling, one of the few successful female painters of the time.

Biography

Drolling, Michel Martin - Portrait of the Artist's Son as a Drummer

Martin Drolling, a native of Oberhergheim, near

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), ...

, was born in 1752. He received his first lessons in art from an obscure painter of Schlestadt, but afterwards went to Paris and entered the

École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...

. He gained momentary celebrity from his 'Interior of a Kitchen,' painted in 1815, exhibited at the

Salon Salon may refer to: Common meanings * Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments * French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home * Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment Arts and entertainment * Salon ...

of 1817, and now in the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

. He usually painted interiors and familiar subjects of general interest. His works were popular during his lifetime, and many were engraved and

lithographed Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone ( lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...

. He died in Paris in 1817. The Louvre has paintings a 'Woman at a window' and a 'Violin-Player' by Drolling.

Gallery

Martin Drolling le Vieux - Portrait of young Adeone (1812).jpg, '' Portrait of Adéone'' File:The little milk-girl - Martin Drolling.jpg, ''The little milk-girl'' File:Martin Drolling - Barthélémy Charles, Comte de Dreux-Nancré - WGA6676.jpg, ''Barthélémy Charles, Comte de Dreux-Nancré'' File:Martin Drolling - The Messenger or "The Good News" - WGA06680.jpg, ''The messenger or "The Good News"'', 1806 File:Martin Drolling Laundry.jpg, ''Laundry'' File:'A Girl Copying a Drawing' by Martin Drolling, Pushkin Museum.JPG, ''A Girl Copying a Drawing''
Pushkin Museum, Moscow File:Martin Drolling - Interior of a Kitchen (detail) - WGA6679.jpg, ''Interior of a kitchen'' (detail), Louvre, 1815

References

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