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'''Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres''' (1780-1867) [[French]] [[Neoclassical|neo-classical]] painter. He is considered one of the major [[portrait]] painters of the 19th century. He won the ''[[Prix de Rome]]'' in 1801. Ingres considered himself the protector of French [[Academic Art|academic]] orthodoxy as a [[Historical Painting|history painter]]. The theme of female voluptuousness attractive to Ingres throughout his life. 

One of his acknowledged masterpieces, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Ingres_The_Turkish_Bath.jpg ''The Turkish Bath''] (Louvre, 1863), dates from the last years of his life; other famous works are "Madame Moitessier" and "Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière".  

<center>''Paint should be as smooth "as the skin of an onion"'' 
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His most significant heir was [[Edgar Degas]].
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== Petite Gallery ==

<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Ingres Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte.jpg|Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte
Image:Ingres Portrait of Napoléon on the Imperial Throne.jpg|Portrait of Napoléon on the Imperial Throne
Image:Ingres Mme Moitessier.jpg|Madame Paul-Sigisbert Moitessier
File:Ingres. Portrait of Mademoiselle Rivière.jpg|Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière
Image:Ingres Death of Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|Death of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]
</gallery>

== See also ==

*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
*[[Painting Schools]]
*[[Academic Art]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.abcgallery.com/I/ingres/ingresbio.html Biography] Olga's Gallery.
*[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/i/ingres/biograph.html INGRES, Jean-Auguste-Dominique] The Web Gallery of Art. 


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[[Category:French Painters]]