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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LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Marshal of France sg oil painting


Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Marshal of France sg
1748 Pastel on paper, 59,5 x 49 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID::  7782 		LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Marshal of France sg
1748 Pastel on paper, 59,5 x 49 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
   
   
     
LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton f oil painting


Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton f
1753 Pastel on paper, 73 x 60 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID::  7783 		LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton f
1753 Pastel on paper, 73 x 60 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     
LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Self-Portrait s oil painting


Self-Portrait s
1751 Pastel on paper Mus??e de Picardie, Amiens
Painting ID::  7784 		LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
Self-Portrait s
1751 Pastel on paper Mus??e de Picardie, Amiens
   
   
     
LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Self-Portrait (mk08) oil painting


Self-Portrait (mk08)
1751 Pastel 64.5x53cm Amiens,Musee
Painting ID::  21901 		LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
Self-Portrait (mk08)
1751 Pastel 64.5x53cm Amiens,Musee
   
   
     
LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Portrait of Madame de Pompadour oil painting


Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
mk68 Pastel on canvas Paris,Louvre 1755 France
Painting ID::  30620 		LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
mk68 Pastel on canvas Paris,Louvre 1755 France
   
   
     
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     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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