Charles-Joseph Natoire

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Charles-Joseph Natoire

Charles-Joseph Natoire (* 3. March 1700 in Nimes , † 23. August 1777 in Castel Gandolfo in Rome ) was a French painter of the Rococo .

Life

Natoire's teacher was François Lemoyne . In 1721 he won the Premier Grand Prix ​​de Rome of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and was allowed to go to Rome as a scholarship holder from 1723. In 1729 he returned to Paris and quickly became known at the side of his friend and rival François Boucher . In 1734 he was accepted as a member of the Académie Royale with the painting Vénus demandant des armes à Vulcain . From 1751 to 1775 he was director of the French Academy in Rome .

Natoire was an outstanding decorator and painter of his generation. He created religious and mythological paintings as well as tapestry cardboard and landscape drawings. In his day, he was primarily known for his decorative room ensembles, among which the painting of the salon oval in the Hôtel de Soubise in Paris counts as his main work. Here he created eight depictions of the history of the psyche between 1737 and 1739 , which subtly compares the beauty of Princess de Soubise with Psyche.

Natoire was also involved in the decoration of the Bibliothèque royale, the palace “de la Chapelle-Godefroy” for Philibert Orry and the royal palaces of Marly and Versailles .

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