Théodore Chassériau was one of the most sensual and intellectual painters of his time. A pupil and precocious disciple of Ingres, he also fell under the influence of Delacroix, and he left his mark on both the second generation of Romantic artists and their Symbolist successors. Although his works fuse Ingres's linear precision with the lush color and Romantic exoticism of Delacroix, they escape easy stylistic classification. His oeuvre includes Orientalist and religious paintings, scenes from Antiquity, and portraits, but he is best known for his ambitious decorative compositions for the churches of Paris and for the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay. 
This beautiful book presents more than 250 of Chassériau's paintings, drawings, and prints. The texts of the essays and entries, as well as the extensive chronology, focus on the artist's personality, his professional and social milieu, and on the works themselves, thus providing an in-depth view of the state of the arts in France in the mid-nineteenth century. 
This lavishly illustrated book serves as the catalogue of the first retrospective of Chassériau's work since 1933, to be held at the Grand Palais, Paris (February 26-May 27, 2002), the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg (June 9-September 21, 2002), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (October 21, 2002-January 5, 2003).

Theodore Chasseriau: The Unknown Romantic

Arts & Photography

Prat, Louis-Antoine

Guégan, Stéphane

Pomarède, Vincent

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Passion For Drawing: Poussin To Cezanne, Works From The Prat Collection

ROSENBERG, Pierre

Ferte, Bruno

Art Services Intl

Book Description\nCatalogue publié à l'occasion de l'exposition "Manet inventeur du Moderne" présentée au musée d'Orsay, à Paris, du 5 avril au 3 juillet 2011.\nFrom the Back Cover\nUnique évidemment, érotique et politique, très autobiographique, ironique souvent, et tourné en permanence vers l'espace public, l'art de Manet fut ludique aussi. Mettre en jeu, se mettre en danger, ramasser la mise si possible, les trois choses étaient vitales à ce grand ambitieux. L'ancien marin naviguait à vue et toujours en pleine mer. Nul repli, nulle chapelle, nulle dérobade. Manet eut moins peur de ses doutes que de l'échec et de la routine. S'enfermer dans une formule ou une spécialité eût été le pire des renoncements. Révolutionnaire sans doute, peintre d'histoire à sa façon, il fut surtout un peintre de salon, prêt à en découdre avec le jury et le public pour imposer le Moderne dans le grand art.

Manet inventeur du Moderne

Locke, Nancy

COLLECTIFS

Kelly, Simon

Des Cars, Laurence

Lobstein, Dominique

SOLLERS, PHILIPPE

Burnham, Helen

Individual Artists

Gallimard]

Chassériau

Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais (France)

Metropolitan Museum Of Art (new York, N.y.)

Chassériau, Théodore

Musée des beaux-arts de Strasbourg

Réunion des Musées Nationaux (RMN)

Book by Rosenberg, Pierre, Prat, Louis-Antoine

Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665: Catalogue Raisonne Des Dessins (French Edition)

Art Books Intl Ltd

The fourth book of the Drawing Gallery Series is devoted to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). Considered one of the greatest French draughtsmen of all time, the artist left thousands of preparatory drawings for his paintings, along with an incomparable series of almost five hundred graphite portraits that have always been deemed the highest expression of his genius. The Louvre collection offers excellent examples of these two aspects of Ingres' graphic activity; each work is accompanied by a brief comment.

Ingres (Drawing Gallery)

5Continents

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), along with Poussin and C,zanne, is probably responsible for one of the great turning points in the evolution of French art. A man of the Enlightenment who was equally inspired by the moral examples of classical literature, he altered the course of pictorial art in his time, leading the 'return to order' that characterizes French neo-classicism. Draughtsmanship was central to his innovation. David drew the antique ruins of Rome constantly during his first visits, perfecting his sharp, accurate graphic style. He was just as rigorous in the preparatory drawings for his great pre-Revolutionary works (The Oath-taking of the Horatii, Brutus) and the huge scenes depicting Napoleon's epic exploits. The Louvre holds the most important collection of David's drawings in the world, including two of the twelve Roman albums and several pocket-size sketchbooks. These detail the genesis of famous compositions including the Sacre and The Distribution of the Eagle-Standards . Othe

David (Drawing Gallery)

Sérullaz, Arlette

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