Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1780-1867
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
French Neoclassical Painter
Artistically and stylistically influenced the following painters and art periods - The Renaissance, Jacques-Louis David, Nicolas Poussin, Botticelli and Raphael
Education - Académie Royale de Peinture, Sculpture et Architecture, apprenticed to Jacques-Louis David and later attended classes at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France
Cause of Death - Pneumonia
Burial Place - Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Quotations
Drawing is the honesty of
art. To draw does not mean
simply to reproduce
contours: drawing does not
consist merely of line.
Drawing is also expression,
the inner form, the plane
and modeling. See what
remains after that. Drawing
includes three and a half
quarters of the content of
painting. -- Jean Auguste
Ingres Quote
A paintings is not
completely finished until
the artist has separated the
spirit from body . -- Jean
Auguste Ingres Quote
To love someone totally
gives you courage. -- Jean
Auguste Ingres Quote
The period is called neoclassical because its artists looked back to the art and culture of classical Greece and Rome. The spread of Neoclassical Art was primarily inspired by recent roman archeological excavations, including Pompeii and by gay art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Winckelmann touted the homoeroticism of Greco-Roman art, "beauty is rather male than female. But the beauty of art demands a higher sensibility than the beauty of nature, because the beauty of art, like tears shed at a play, gives no pain, is without life, and must be awakened and repaired by culture. Now, as the spirit of culture is much more ardent in youth than in manhood, the instinct of which I am speaking must be exercised and directed to what is beautiful, before that age is reached, at which one would be afraid to confess that one had no taste for it.” His enthusiastic descriptions of art from Classical Antiquity encouraged an interest in Greek antiquities.
Neoclassical art is characterized by its classical form and structure, clarity, and to an degree, realism. French Neoclassism painters emphasis's patriotism, as well as a sense of civility and honorableness. The movement was particularly connected with the beliefs of the French Revolution and was seen as anti-aristocratic. The fantasy-based aristocratic art of the Rococo seemed an insult upon the rights of men and was vilified by critics and the general public. In an age of sweeping revolution and transformation Neoclassicism became the art of change.
French painter Jacques-Louis David was infatuated with the former grandeur of Rome and even painted the tiny, pudgy Napoleon as a magnificent warrior astride a white stallion. Mythology, folklore, legends, and the calm grandeur of a bygone era were all favored themes for Neoclassical painters.
Principle Artists of the Neoclassical Period
James Barry Irish, 1741-1806
Antonio Canova
Italian, 1757-1822
Jacques-Louis David
French, 1748-1825
Jules Elie
Delaunay French, 1828-1891
Francois Gerard
French, 1770-1837
Antoine-Jean Gros
French, 1771-1835
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres French, 1780-1867
Angelica
Kauffmann Swiss, 1741-1807
Rembrandt Peale
American, 1778-1860
Bertel
Thorvaldsen Danish, 1770-1844
John Trumbull
American, 1756-1843
Elisabeth
Vigee-Lebrun French, 1755-1842
Benjamin West
American, 1738-1820
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