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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. | + | '''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]]. |
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| + | 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". | ||
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Image:Ingres Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte.jpg|Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte | 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 Portrait of Napoléon on the Imperial Throne.jpg|Portrait of Napoléon on the Imperial Throne | ||
Image:Ingres Mme Moitessier.jpg|Madame Paul-Sigisbert Moitessier | 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]] | Image:Ingres Death of Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|Death of [[Leonardo da Vinci]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:36, April 16, 2014
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) French 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 orthodoxy as a history painter.
One of his acknowledged masterpieces, The Turkish Bath (Louvre, 1863), dates from the last years of his life; other famous works are "Madame Moitessier" and "Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière".
His most significant heir was Edgar Degas.
Petite Gallery
Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte
Portrait of Napoléon on the Imperial Throne
Madame Paul-Sigisbert Moitessier
Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière
Death of Leonardo da Vinci
See also
External links
- Biography Olga's Gallery.
- INGRES, Jean-Auguste-Dominique The Web Gallery of Art.