Roger de Piles' artists from France
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Roger de Piles's L'Abrégé de la vie des peintres...avec un traité du peintre parfait ( The Art of Painting and the Lives of the Painters), was a major art biography of painters. It was written by the French spy Francois Tortebat, who used the pen name Roger de Piles
for his literary works. In 1692, during the War of the League of Augsburg, he was arrested in the Hague carrying a false passport and imprisoned for the next five years, where he wote his L'Abrégé in 7 parts; 1) Sketch of the perfect painter, 2) Greek painters; 3) Painters from Rome & Florence; 4) Painters from Venice; 5) Painters from Lombardy; 6) Painters from Germany and the Low Countries; 7) Painters from France and ending with his famous "Balance of painters". The book was finally published in 1699 following his appointment as Conseiller Honoraire to the Académie de peinture et de sculpture
in Paris.
Part 7, Painters from France, includes in order of appearance in the text, the following list of artists:
Roger de Piles
Roger de Piles was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat.-Life:Born in Clamecy, Roger de Piles started his career in art as a pupil of Claude François....
for his literary works. In 1692, during the War of the League of Augsburg, he was arrested in the Hague carrying a false passport and imprisoned for the next five years, where he wote his L'Abrégé in 7 parts; 1) Sketch of the perfect painter, 2) Greek painters; 3) Painters from Rome & Florence; 4) Painters from Venice; 5) Painters from Lombardy; 6) Painters from Germany and the Low Countries; 7) Painters from France and ending with his famous "Balance of painters". The book was finally published in 1699 following his appointment as Conseiller Honoraire to the Académie de peinture et de sculpture
Académie de peinture et de sculpture
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture , Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Paris already had the Académie de Saint-Luc, which was a city artist guild like any other Guild of Saint Luke...
in Paris.
Part 7, Painters from France, includes in order of appearance in the text, the following list of artists:
- Jean Cousin the ElderJean Cousin the ElderJean Cousin was a French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician. He is known as "Jean Cousin the Elder" to distinguish him from his son Jean Cousin the Younger, also an artist.-Career:...
(1500-1570), p 447 - Jacob BunelJacob BunelJacob Bunel, son and pupil of François Bunel, was born at Blois in 1568. He studied at Rome under Federigo Zuccaro, and on returning to France was made painter to the king, and worked with Pourbus and Toussaint du Breuil in the small gallery of the Louvre, burnt in 1661...
(1568-1614), p 449 - Toussaint DubreuilToussaint DubreuilToussaint Dubreuil was a French painter associated with the second School of Fontainebleau...
(1561-1602), p 449 - Martin FréminetMartin FréminetMartin Fréminet , was a French painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was a painter and engraver who is considered a member of the Second "School of Fontainebleau". He was the teacher of Toussaint Dubreuil who assisted him at Fontainebleau...
(1567-1619), p 449 - Ferdinand ElleFerdinand ElleFerdinand Elle , was a French portrait painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was the teacher of Nicolas Poussin and his son, the painter Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder. From 1601 he was court painter to Louis XIII. Very few of his works survive.-References:* on Artnet...
(1570-1637), p 450 - Quentin Varin (1584-1647), p 451
- Jacques BlanchardJacques BlanchardJacques Blanchard , also known as Jacques Blanchart, was a French baroque painter who was born in Paris. He was raised and taught by his uncle, the painter Nicolas Bollery...
(1600-1638), p 451 - Simon VouetSimon VouetSimon Vouet was a French painter and draftsman, who today is perhaps best remembered for helping to introduce the Italian Baroque style of painting to France.-Life:...
(1590-1649), p 453 - Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
(1594-1665), p 457 - François Perrier (painter)François Perrier (painter)François Perrier , a French painter and etcher, is remembered for his two collections of prints after antique sculptures, the Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum quae temporis dentem invidium evasere, , and Icones et segmenta...quae Romae adhuc extant ; they provided visual repertories of...
(1590-1650), p 470 - Jacques StellaJacques Stella-Life:Stella was born in Lyon. His father was François Stella, a painter and merchant of Flemish origin, but he died too soon to train Jacques in painting. Jacques's siblings included François , Françoise and Madeleine...
(1596-1657), p 472 - Martin de Charmois (1609-1661), p 475
- Eustache Le SueurEustache Le SueurEustache Le Sueur or Lesueur , one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting, was born in Paris, where he passed his whole life....
(1616-1655), p 477 - Laurent de La HyreLaurent de La HyreLaurent de La Hyre was a French Baroque painter, born in Paris.La Hyre was greatly influenced by the work of Italian artists who came to Paris. He became a pupil of Georges Lallemand and studied the works of Primaticcio at Fontainebleau, but never visited Italy...
(1606-1656), p 479 - Michel DorignyMichel DorignyMichel Dorigny , was a French painter and engraver.-Biography:According to the RKD he was a pupil of Georges Lallemand and Simon Vouet. He trained at the Académie de peinture et de sculpture and became the teacher and father to the painters Nicolas and Louis Dorigny...
(1617-1663), p 483 - Charles Alphonse du FresnoyCharles Alphonse du FresnoyCharles Alphonse du Fresnoy , French painter and writer on his art, was born in Paris, son of an apothecary.He was destined for the medical profession, and well educated in Latin and Greek; but, having a natural propensity for the fine arts, he would not apply to his intended vocation, and was...
(1611-1668), p 483 - Nicolas MignardNicolas MignardNicolas Mignard was a French 17th Century painter. He spent most of his active life in Avignon and was the older brother of Pierre Mignard.-Biography:...
(1606-1668), p 490 - Claude VignonClaude VignonClaude Vignon was a leading French painter and engraver working in the Baroque manner.He was born at Tours and received early training in Paris...
(1593-1670), p 491 - Sébastien BourdonSébastien BourdonSébastien Bourdon was a French painter and engraver. His chef d'œuvre is The Crucifixion of St. Peter made for the cathedral of Notre Dame....
(1616-1671), p 492 - Simon Francois (1606-1671), p 495
- Philippe de ChampaignePhilippe de ChampaignePhilippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...
(1602-1673), p 497 - Jean Baptiste de ChampaigneJean Baptiste de ChampaigneJean Baptiste de Champaigne , was a Flemish Baroque painter and teacher.-Biography:...
(1631-1680), p 503 - Nicolas-Pierre LoirNicolas-Pierre LoirNicolas Pierre Loir , was a French painter and engraver of religious and historical allegories.-Biography:According to the RKD he was a pupil of Sébastien Bourdon and Simon Vouet, who later became a follower of Nicolas Poussin. He travelled to Italy in the years 1647–1649, and in 1650 was...
(1624-1679), p 504 - Charles Le BrunCharles Le BrunCharles Le Brun , a French painter and art theorist, became the all-powerful, peerless master of 17th-century French art.-Biography:-Early life and training:...
(1619-1690), p 505 - Pierre MignardPierre MignardPierre Mignard , called "Le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter...
(1612-1695), p 515 - Claude LorrainClaude LorrainClaude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, , dit le Lorrain) Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French...
(1604-1682), p 521 - Noël CoypelNoël CoypelNoël Coypel , French painter, also called, from the fact that he was much influenced by Poussin, Coypel le Poussin, was the son of an unsuccessful artist....
(1628-1707), p 523 - Élisabeth Sophie ChéronÉlisabeth Sophie ChéronÉlisabeth Sophie Chéron is remembered today primarily as a French painter, but she was acclaimed in her lifetime as a gifted poet, musician, artist, and academicienne.-Life:...
(1648-1711), p 532 - Carlo MarattaCarlo MarattaCarlo Maratta or Maratti was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting...
(1625-1713), p 542
External links
- Online version (French) of 1715 version Abregé de la Vie des peintres By Roger de PilesRoger de PilesRoger de Piles was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat.-Life:Born in Clamecy, Roger de Piles started his career in art as a pupil of Claude François....
on Google Books - Online version (Dutch) of 1725 version translated by Johannes Verhoek Beknopt verhaal van het Leven der Vermaardste Schilders By Roger de PilesRoger de PilesRoger de Piles was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat.-Life:Born in Clamecy, Roger de Piles started his career in art as a pupil of Claude François....
at the University of Utrecht