Pierre Alexandre Tardieu

The Last Moments by Michel Lepeletier , engraving by Tardieu after the painting by Jacques-Louis David

Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (born May 2, 1756 in Paris ; † August 3, 1844 there ) was a French engraver and portraitist .

biography

Tardieu was part of a family of engravers . His brothers were Antoine François Tardieu and Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu . His nephews Ambroise and Pierre were also active in this trade.

He learned his trade from his uncle Jacques Nicolas Tardieu and his godfather Johann Georg Wille . His role models were Gérard Edelinck and Robert Nanteuil . He was considered one of the few engravers who could also implement painted templates with great artistry and delicacy. He had numerous students, but Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers in particular stood out.

In 1822 he took over the seat of Charles Clément Balvay in the Académie des Beaux-Arts . In 1825 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . He was also a member of the Petersburg Academy and the Milan Academy .

Biography universal ancienne et modern . Volume 41, Paris 1843, p. 10 ( digitized version ).
Ferdinand Höfer : Nouvelle biography générale . Volume 44, Paris 1852, p. 450, ( digitized version ).
Tardieu, Alexandre . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 443 .
Sandrine Emmanuelle Vallé: Pierre-Alexandre Tardieu, un graveur d'interprétation entre deux siècles (1756-1844) . 2 volumes, Master's thesis, Paris 1998.

personal data
SURNAME	Tardieu, Pierre Alexandre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tardieu, Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French engraver and portraitist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 2, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	August 3, 1844
Place of death	Paris