Jacques Gamelin

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Jacques Gamelin carved by Alexandre Falguiere .

Jacques Gamelin (born October 3, 1738 in Carcassonne , † October 14, 1803 in Carcassonne) was a French painter , draftsman , engraver and etcher of early classicism . His works primarily address religious and ancient themes. He also painted portraits , battle pictures and genre scenes .

Gamelin first studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Toulouse under Jean-Pierre Rivalz . Further stations of his artistic training were Paris and Rome , where he worked as a professor at the Accademia di San Luca from 1771 . A year later, Pope appointed him Clement XIV. To court painter . In Rome, Gamelin also met the painter Anton Raphael Mengs , with whom he had a close friendship. In 1774 Gamelin returned to France. During the French Revolution he made portraits of the generals on the Pyrenees front , such as B. by General Dugommier (1800, Perpignan ).

gallery

  • Le choc des cavaliers
    Louvre , Paris

  • La piété filiale de Cléobis et Biton
    Musée des beaux-arts , Carcassonne

  • Lévanouissement
    Louvre, Paris

  • Alexandre et Diogènes
    Musée des beaux-arts, Carcassonne

literature

  • Henri David: J. Gamelin: sa vie et son œuvre (1738-1802). Also (Gers) 1928.
  • Wolf Stadler u. a .: Lexicon of Art 5th Gal - Mr. Karl Müller Verlag, Erlangen 1994, ISBN 3-86070-452-4 , p. 9.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stadler: Lexicon of Art. P. 9.

Web links

Commons : Jacques Gamelin  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files


personal data
SURNAME Gamelin, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter, draftsman, engraver and eraser
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1738
PLACE OF BIRTH Carcassonne
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1803
Place of death Carcassonne