Philippe Canot

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Philippe Canot or Caneau (* 1715 ; † 1783 in Paris ) was a French draftsman and painter of the Rococo .

Life

Little is known about Philippe Canot, known as Caneau. He was the younger brother of the engraver Pierre-Charles Canot . The year of birth is assumed to be 1715. From the 1740s he painted and drew genre scenes in the style of Jean Siméon Chardin . He was a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc . His main job was as a decorator in the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi , the festivities office of the court. His works, scenes from family life and gallants, were engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas , Charles Eisen and Jean-Joseph Balechou , anonymously depending on the depiction. Philippe Canot died in Paris in 1783.

Works

  • Le Maître des Danse , 1745, engraved by Le Bas
  • Le Souhait de la bonne Année au Grand Papa , engraved by Le Bas
  • Le Gâteau des Roys , engraved by Le Bas
  • La Terre , engraved by Balechou
  • Le Feu , engraved by Balechou
  • L'Eau , engraved by Balechou
  • L'Air , engraved by Balechou
  • Paix Générale conclue à Utrecht
  • Illustrations for Abbe AF Prévost, Histoire Generale des Voyages , Paris, Chez Didot, 1751, engraved by Jacques Pasquier

  • La Terre - The Earth

  • L'Air - The air

  • Le Souper galant - The galant supper

  • La Toilette - The toilet

  • La rusée Commère - The refined gossip

  • La Nourrice - Breastfeeding

literature

  • Carl Heinrich von Heineken : Dictionnaire des artistes, dont nous avons des estampes, Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1789, p. 567.
  • Marianne Roland Michel: Chardin, Abrams, 1996, p. 249.

Web links

Commons : Philippe Canot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marianne Roland Michel: Chardin, Abrams, 1996, p. 249.
personal data
SURNAME Canot, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caneau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French draftsman, painter and decorator
DATE OF BIRTH 1715
DATE OF DEATH 1783
Place of death Paris