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Oil Painting Artist::. LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
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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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Self-Portrait
mk86
1751
Pastel
64.5x53cm
Amiens,Musee de Picardie
Painting ID:: 33777
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Self-Portrait
mk86
1751
Pastel
64.5x53cm
Amiens,Musee de Picardie
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Self-Portrait
1751 Pastel on paper Mus?e de Picardie, Amiens Artist:LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Title: Self-Portrait, 1701-1750, French , painting , portrait
Painting ID:: 64695
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Self-Portrait
1751 Pastel on paper Mus?e de Picardie, Amiens Artist:LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de Title: Self-Portrait, 1701-1750, French , painting , portrait
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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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