Hubert Drouais

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Hubert Drouais (1754) by Jean-Baptiste Perronneau

Hubert Drouais (born May 5, 1699 in Pont-Audemer , † February 9, 1767 in Paris ) was a French painter , portraitist and miniaturist .

Life

Drouais was born the son of the painter Jean Drouais and Anne Talon. Like his father, he wanted to be a painter and received his first training from him. For his further training he first went to Rouen , but soon decided to move to Paris. He was only able to finance his travel expenses by working on the way there.

Soon as François de Troy's best pupil , he began to specialize in portraiture. Through his own training at Hyacinthe Rigaud, this was in the tradition of van Dyck . He quickly gained a lightness and confidence that made him a leading painter of the genre.

After Troy's death, he worked for Jean-Baptiste van Loo , Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Jean-Marc Nattier and thus brought himself to the court of Louis XV. into the conversation. As a result, he not only became a portraitist of princes and princesses, but also various actresses from the Comédie-Française and opera singers, such as Marie Camargo , Melle Gautier, Melle Pelissier and Mademoiselle Gaussin.

Drouais was accepted into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on November 29, 1730 . He had two children with Margaret Lusurier, whom he married on February 22, 1727. His son François-Hubert and his grandson Jean-Germain also became recognized painters like himself.

Works (selection)

Dauphin Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon
  • Robert le Lorrain (1666–1743)
  • Mademoiselle Marie Pelissier
  • Joseph Christophe (1662–1748)
  • Mademoiselle Gauthier , 1737
  • Madame de France , 1741
  • Monsieur le Vicomte de Courtenier , 1741
  • Madame la Vicomtesse de Courtenier , 1741
  • Madame Héry
  • Madame Courgy
  • Mademoiselle Gossin tenant un livre , 1746
  • Mademoiselle Drouais, sa fille, tenant un chat , 1746
  • Le Fils de l'Auteur , 1746
  • Monsieur Jacquemain tenant un crayon , 1746
  • Mademoiselle *** , 1746
  • Mademoiselle *** tenant des fleurs , 1746
  • Demoiselle qui rit , 1746
  • La Camargo

literature

  • Cyrille Gabillot: Les Trois Drouais. In: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 3. Pér. 34, 1905, pp. 177-194 ( digitized version ); 288-298 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis-Mayeul Chaudon: Dictionnaire historique, critique et bibliographique, contenant les vies des hommes illustres, célèbres ou fameux, de tous les pays et de tous les siècles, suivi d'un dictionnaire abrégé des mythologies, et d'un tableau chronologique des événements les plus remarquables qui ont eu location depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours. 9th edition. Ménard et Desenne, Paris 1822, p. 171 .
  2. ↑ Louis-Mayeul Chaudon: Dictionnaire historique, critique et bibliographique, contenant les vies des hommes illustres, célèbres ou fameux, de tous les pays et de tous les siècles, suivi d'un dictionnaire abrégé des mythologies, et d'un tableau chronologique des événements les plus remarquables qui ont eu location depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours . 9th edition. Ménard et Desenne, Paris 1822, p. 171 . ; François-Xavier Feller: Biography universelle des hommes qui se sont fait un last par génie, leurs talents, leur vertus, leurs ereurs, ou leurs crimes . 3. Edition. JB Pélagaud, Brussels 1867, p. 326 .
  3. ↑ François-Xavier Feller: Biography universelle des hommes qui se sont fait un last par génie, leurs talents, leur vertus, leurs ereurs, ou leurs crimes . 3. Edition. JB Pélagaud, Brussels 1867, p. 326 .
  4. ^ Eugène Piot: Le Cabinet de l'amateur . Firmin Didot, Paris 1863, p. 189 .
personal data
SURNAME Drouais, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Pont-Audemer
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1767
Place of death Paris