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LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
French Rococo Era Painter, 1704-1788
French pastellist. He was one of the greatest pastellists of the 18th century, an equal of Jean-Simeon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste Perronneau. Unlike them, however, he painted no works in oils. Reacting against the stately portraits of preceding generations and against the mythological portraits of many of his contemporaries, La Tour returned to a more realistic and sober style of work. The fundamental quality of his art lies in his ability to suggest the temperament and psychology of his subjects by means of their facial expression, and thereby to translate their fugitive emotions on to paper: 'I penetrate into the depths of my subjects without their knowing it, and capture them whole', as he himself put it. His considerable success led to commissions from the royal family, the court, the rich bourgeoisie and from literary, artistic and theatrical circles.
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Painting ID:: 7782
Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Marshal of France sg
1748
Pastel on paper, 59,5 x 49 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
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Painting ID:: 7783
Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton f
1753
Pastel on paper, 73 x 60 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Painting ID:: 7784
Self-Portrait s
1751
Pastel on paper
Mus??e de Picardie, Amiens
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Painting ID:: 21901
Self-Portrait (mk08)
1751
Pastel
64.5x53cm
Amiens,Musee
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Painting ID:: 30620
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
mk68
Pastel on canvas
Paris,Louvre
1755
France
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LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
French Rococo Era Painter, 1704-1788
French pastellist. He was one of the greatest pastellists of the 18th century, an equal of Jean-Simeon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste Perronneau. Unlike them, however, he painted no works in oils. Reacting against the stately portraits of preceding generations and against the mythological portraits of many of his contemporaries, La Tour returned to a more realistic and sober style of work. The fundamental quality of his art lies in his ability to suggest the temperament and psychology of his subjects by means of their facial expression, and thereby to translate their fugitive emotions on to paper: 'I penetrate into the depths of my subjects without their knowing it, and capture them whole', as he himself put it. His considerable success led to commissions from the royal family, the court, the rich bourgeoisie and from literary, artistic and theatrical circles.
. Related Artists to LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de: | HEYDEN, Jan van der | MASTER of the Duke of Bedford | Elie Pavil | Roelant Savery | Thomas Lyde Hornbrook |
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