François-Hubert Drouais

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François-Hubert Drouais (born December 14, 1727 in Paris , † October 21, 1775 there ) was a French painter of portraits .

Life

He was born as the son of the successful portrait painter Hubert Drouais , who initially trained him. He then became a student of Donat Nonotte, Carle van Loo , Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher .

From 1757 he received orders from the French royal family. The success of a portrait of the Dauphin's two sons secured him royal commissions throughout his life. He generally remained in demand and popular with children's portraits.

In 1758 he was accepted into the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture .

Portraits of members of the royal court, including the daughters of Louis XV, were also known. (1762/63), Madame de Pompadour (1763–1764), Madame du Barry (1768–1774) and Louis XV. even from 1772.

Unlike other painters of his time - such as Maurice-Quentin de La Tour - he did not apply a psychological view to his models, but instead emphasized a detailed, illusionistic rendering of fabrics and lace. His way of portraying was considered flattering. He often used a rural environment, in which his models could behave more informally.

He was the father of Germain-Jean Drouais .

Paintings (selection)

literature

  • Cyrille Gabillot: Les Trois Drouais. In: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 3. Pér. 34, 1905, pp. 284-400 ( digitized version ).
  • The Dictionary of Art , Volume 9, New York 1996, pp. 301-302.
  • Drouais, François-Hubert . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 29, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22769-8 , pp. 500-502.

Web links

Commons : François-Hubert Drouais  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ François Hubert Drouais. In: historicum.net, History on the Internet. January 17, 2006, accessed May 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Drouais, François-Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1775
Place of death Paris