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Self Portrait in a Straw Hat
Self Portrait in a Straw Hat
Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
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Claude Lorrain - Seaport
Seaport
Claude Lorrain
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Art of the Kings. The beginning of the Bourbon reign-Henry IV, Louis XIII and Louis XIV, saw the rise of France to the cultural and political head of Europe.  By the end of the 17th century, Versailles (French Architecture) and the Style of Louis XIV were the envy of all monarchs and the most copied. At his accession in 1715, Louis XV was only 5, and power moved back to Paris with the Regent, where the nobility built city homes known as hôtels leading to an intimate, less inhibited style (decorative arts). Art also tends toward escapism, the world of love and family. Below you will find books on artists from this time arranged chronologically. For other periods, Art Directory; for fine prints, French Art.

17th-century Baroque

Georges de La Tour(1593-1652)

From Lorraine, he was named a painter to the king and received important commissions.  He is best known for intense religious paintings based in realism.

 St. Joseph the Carpenter
St. Joseph the Carpenter
De La Tour, Georges
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 The Dice Players
The Dice Players
Tour, Georges de la
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 The Flea Catcher
The Flea Catcher
Tour, Georges de la
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 The Cheat with The Ace of Clubs
The Cheat with The Ace of Clubs
Tour, Georges de la
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 Mary Magdalene with a Night-light, or The Terff Magdalene
Mary Magdalene with a Night-light, or The Terff Magdalene
Tour, Georges de la
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Le Nains (brothers--Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu)

Nicolas Poussin (1593-1665)

The greatest French painter of the period and the first to be recognized internationally. Influenced by Titian and Raphael, his style inspired painters for the rest of the century.  He believed the highest aim was to capture noble actions. Along with Claude Poussin and Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675), he painted in Rome starting a tradition in landscape painting that continued on throughout Europe which combined romanticized nature with idealized classical architecture often ruins highlighted with color and light.

 Arcadian Shepherds
Arcadian Shepherds
Poussin, Nicolas
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 Adoration of the Sheperds
Adoration of the Sheperds
Poussin, Nicolas
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 Christ Healing the Blind
Christ Healing the Blind
Poussin, Nicolas
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 The Poet's Inspiration
The Poet's Inspiration
Poussin, Nicolas
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Claude Lorrain (1600-1682)

The great French landscapist.  He is the first painter known to have sketched in oil outdoors. Inspired by classical ideals, he often portrays natural beauty with figures in repose adding classical architecture and ruins

 Sepia Mezzotint Landscapes
Sepia Mezzotint Landscapes
Lorrain, Claude
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 Aeneas and Dido in Carthage, 1675
Aeneas and Dido in Carthage, 1675
Claude Lorrain
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 Sea Port at Sunset, 1639
Sea Port at Sunset, 1639
Claude Lorrain
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 Enchanted Castle
Enchanted Castle
Lorrain, Claude
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Pierre-Paul Puget (sculptor)

Antoine Coysevox (sculptor)

Simon Vouet

Charles Lebrun (supervised all Louis XIV's artistic projects & was Director of the Royal Academy of Painting & Sculpture in Paris, founded in 1648)

18th-century Rococo

General

 

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

Influenced by Rubens. He painted fashionable people in park like settings fêtes galantes.

 L'Enseigne De Gersaint, 1720
L'Enseigne De Gersaint, 1720
Watteau, Jean Antoine
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 Les Plaisirs Du Bal
Les Plaisirs Du Bal
Watteau, Jean Antoine
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 Portrait of Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Portrait of Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Carriera, Rosalba
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Francois Boucher (1703-1770)

Francois Boucher traveled to Italy in 1728 and spent time copying Baroque artists and sketching in the countryside. His landscapes reflect a romanticized countryside and classical architecture. Painted for Madame de Pompadour.

Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806)

 
 
 The Swing
The Swing
Fragonard, Jean-Honore
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 The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson
Fragonard, Jean-Honore
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 Blind-Man's Buff
Blind-Man's Buff
Fragonard, Jean-Honore
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Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

Accepted into the Académie de France in 1759. He studied under Giovanni Paolo Panini where he became friends with Jean-Honore Fragonard. His landscapes show the move toward naturalism, with architecture shown in naturalistic light. Painting at the time of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, his work also includes structures such as obelisks and pyramids.
 
 The Obelisk, 1787
The Obelisk, 1787
Robert, Hubert
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 Thermae
Thermae
Robert, Hubert
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 View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, 1796
View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, 1796
Robert, Hubert
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 The Maison Carree with the Amphitheatre and the Tour Magne at Nimes, 1786-87
The Maison Carree with the Amphitheatre and the Tour Magne at Nimes, 1786-87
Robert, Hubert
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 Demolition of the Houses on the Notre-Dame Bridge, c.1786
Demolition of the Houses on the Notre-Dame Bridge, c.1786
Robert, Hubert
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Chardin (1699-1779)
 
 Silver Goblet
Silver Goblet
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon
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 Seville Orange
Seville Orange
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon
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 Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon
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 Vase of Flowers
Vase of Flowers
Chardin, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon
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Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842)

Portraits of the aristocracy including Queen Marie-Antoinette

 

 Madame Vigee-Lebrun and her Daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louise (1780-1819) 1789
Madame Vigee-Lebrun and her Daughter, Jeanne-Lucie-Louise (1780-1819) 1789
Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
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 Portrait of Marie-Antoinette
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette
Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
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