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Maurice quentin de la tour
1704-88
French pastellist. He was one of the greatest pastellists of the 18th century, an equal of Jean-Sim?on 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:: 26909
Self-Portrait
mk52
c.1735
Pastel on paper
61.5x50.5cm
Uffizi,Florence
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Painting ID:: 26911
Self-Portrait Wearing a Jobot
mk52
c.1751
Pastel on paper
64x53cm
Musee de Picardie,Amiens
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Painting ID:: 43249
Henry Dawkins
mk171
circa 1750
Pastel on paper,mounted on canvs
66.7x53.3cm
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Painting ID:: 84082
Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene
early 1630s
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Maurice quentin de la tour
1704-88
French pastellist. He was one of the greatest pastellists of the 18th century, an equal of Jean-Sim?on 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 Maurice quentin de la tour: | Umberto Boccioni | Lorenzo Costa | Mattieni, Teodoro | Pier Francesco Guala | William Powell Frith |
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