Hubert Robert
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Hubert Robert (born May 22, 1733 in Paris ; † April 15, 1808 there ) was a French painter.
Life
Hubert Robert studied with the Jesuits at the Collège de Navarre between 1745 and 1751 . Michel-Ange Slodtz taught him perspective and drawing, after which Robert decided to turn to painting. In 1754 he went to Rome with Étienne-François de Choiseul , who was the French ambassador there . This association was initiated by Robert's father, Nicolas Robert, who was in the service of the Marquis of Stainville, François Joseph de Choiseul, which helped his son's career. Hubert Robert spent a total of eleven years in Rome. There he met many artists, including Giovanni Paolo Pannini and Giovanni Battista Piranesi , who had a great influence on him.
In the course of the Great Terror of the French Revolution, Robert was initially held in the prisons of Sainte-Pélagie and Saint-Lazare from October 1793 and was freed after the fall of Robespierre . Robert was a Jacobin and a member of the National Convention . Together with Johann Heinrich Riesener , he was a member of a commission that prepared expert reports on the confiscated furniture of the nobles for the revolutionary auctions.
The design of the sarcophagus for Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the park of Ermenonville was made by Hubert Robert, executed by the sculptor Jacques-Philippe Le Sueur (1757-1830).
Works
The artist's studio, 1760, Städelsches Kunstinstitut
Fictional view of the Louvre as a ruin, Salon 1796, Musée du Louvre
Ancient ruins, 1754–1765
The terrace at Marly-le-Roi Castle
The triumphal arch of the Federation Festival
Staircase in the Castle of Caprarola, 2nd half of the 18th century, Louvre
literature
in alphabetical order by authors / editors
- Hubert Burda : The ruins in the pictures Hubert Roberts. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1967 (= Munich, Phil. F., Diss. 1967)
- Günter Herzog: Hubert Robert and the picture in the garden = Green Series 13. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1989. ISBN 978-3-88462-058-8
- Sabine Weicherding: "Il faut ruiner un palais pour en faire un objet d'intérêt" (Diderot). - Images of Destruction - Hubert Roberts (1733–1808) artistic examination of the city of Paris. (PDF) Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum, 2001
Web links
- Works by Hubert Robert at Zeno.org .
- Search for agent: "Hubert Robert" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robert, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1733 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1808 |
| Place of death | Paris |