Nicolas Tournier
Nicolas Tournier (* 1590 in Montbéliard ; † 1638 or 1639 in Toulouse ) was a French painter who succeeded Caravaggio .
His father André was a painter and his parents were Protestant refugees from Besançon . Tournier worked in Rome from 1619 to 1626, then went to southern France. He was in Carcassonne in 1627 and in Toulouse from 1632.
Along with Nicolas Régnier , Simon Vouet and Valentin de Boulogne, he is considered one of the leading French Caravaggists. He is said to have been a student of Valentin in Rome and was also influenced by the Caravaggist Bartolomeo Manfredi .
In 2001 an exhibition was dedicated to him in Toulouse.
Many of his paintings are in Toulouse, but also z. B. in the Louvre (Crucifixion, The Concert), the Prado and the Hermitage as well as various museums in the USA. There are problems with the attribution of individual paintings due to the similarity with other Caravaggists.
literature
- Axel Hémery et al. a. Nicolas Tournier, 1590-1639, un peintre caravagesque , exhibition catalog, Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, 2001
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges de la Tour is often counted among the Caravaggists
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tournier, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montbeliard |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th century |
| Place of death | Toulouse |