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(1420 - 1481)
French Painter and Illuminator of the Early Renaissance
Stylistically influenced by the following painters - Jan van Eyck and Fra Angelico
Cause of Death - unknown
Jean Fouquet was born in Tours, France in the year 1420. He was born with a curious and adventurous spirit and traveled widely. During the reign of French monarch King Charles VII, Fouquet was commissioned to paint The Melun Diptych. The artist used Charles favorite mistress as the model for the Virgin Mary.
Fouquet traveled to
Italy and painted Pope Eugenius IV. Upon
returning to France he
was awarded the prestigious
position of court
painter to King Louis
XI. The old monarch
adored his sensitive,
lyrical style. Jean
Fouquet's greatness
derived from his ability
to portray gracefulness
and loving human
relationships. His
industrious workshop
focused on manuscript
illumination and small,
intimate panel paintings
. His shrewd marketing
abilities generated
steady, lucrative
commissions until his
untimely death. He is
considered one the
greatest French Early
Renaissance painters of
all time.
A Society in Transition
The newly emerging
painting techniques and
styles were a reflection
of the transformation
that was taking place in
Europe, the change from
the medieval period to a
more enlightened,
tolerant society.
According to Historian
Hendrik van Loon,
"People were
tremendously alive.
Great states were being
founded. Large centres
of commerce were being
developed. High above
the turreted towers of
the castle and the
peaked roof of the
town-hall, rose the
slender spire of the
newly built Gothic
cathedral. Everywhere
the world was in motion.
The high and mighty
gentlemen of the
city-hall, who had just
become conscious of
their own strength (by
way of their recently
acquired riches) were
struggling for more
power with their feudal
masters.
"
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