Jules Robert Auguste
Jules Robert Auguste (born January 5, 1789 in Paris , † April 15, 1850 ibid) was a French painter and sculptor of romantic classicism and achieved success mainly through oriental motifs.
Live and act
Jules Robert Auguste was born into a family of goldsmiths. From 1806 he studied at the renowned École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . In 1810 Auguste won the Prix de Rome of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in the category "Sculpture". The award was combined with a scholarship and a stay of several years in Rome .
Through his later travels through Greece , Egypt , the Middle East and Morocco in the years 1815–1817, Auguste is considered a pioneer and promoter of Orientalism . In his Eastern-inspired works - mostly pastels and watercolors - Auguste proves to be a follower of Eugène Delacroix . He is also considered a pioneer of impressionism because of his generous use of colors .
The orientalism movement originated in France and was initiated primarily by Eugène Delacroix and Gustave Flaubert ( Salammbô ). Many painters from all European countries took up this trend, including Léon Belly , Théodore Chassériau , Rudolf Ernst , Ludwig Deutsch , Eugène Fromentin , Charles Gleyre , Carl Haag , William Holman Hunt , Leopold Carl Müller , Henri Regnault , Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Horace Vernet .
Individual evidence
- ^ François Fosca: French painting: nineteenth century painters, 1800-1870. Universe Books, 1960, p. 129 ( limited preview in Google book search)
literature
- Auguste, Jules Robert . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 249 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Angelika Leitzke: The image of the Orient in French painting - from Napoleon's Egypt campaign to the Franco-German War. Tectum, Marburg 2001, ISBN 3-8288-8267-6 .
Web links
- Jules Robert Auguste at artfacts.net
- Search for Jules Robert Auguste in the German Digital Library
- Peintres orientalistes français
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auguste, Jules Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter of romantic classicism, representative of artistic orientalism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1850 |
| Place of death | Paris |