Showing posts with label French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French. Show all posts

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David (French: [ʒaklwi david]; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Jacques-Louis David


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Cupid and Psyche, 1817, oil on canvas, 184.2 x 241.6 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Louis_David



Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin (June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Nicolas Poussin


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Self-portrait by Poussin, 1650    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Poussin



Jean Metzinger (1883-1956)

Jean Metzinger

Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (French: [mɛtsɛ̃ʒe]; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Jean Metzinger


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Metzinger, before 1913    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Metzinger