Painted sketches from the Romantic era. Delacroix, Cogniet, Scheffer...
Paris Museums| N° d'inventaire | 17374 |
| Format | 18 x 25.3 |
| Détails | 191 p., color illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
The painter Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), one of the masters of Romanticism, lived for more than twenty years on rue Chaptal where, in 1830, he had two studios built in which a significant part of his works were imagined, sketched and then executed. In the first half of the 19th century, the particular characteristics of the sketch joined some of the concerns of Romantic painters: vivacity, expression of emotions and subjective gaze. The sketch was also the spearhead of the training of young artists, in particular at the École des Beaux-Arts. Finally, it was the means of proposing to the sponsors the future decorations of the very many Parisian buildings then under construction. Thanks to exceptional loans, including some fifteen works by Eugène Delacroix from the Musée National Delacroix, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Petit Palais, the exhibition showcases some of the most remarkable Romantic "sketchers." A special place is reserved for Léon Cogniet, whose studio collection is held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Orléans, as well as for Ary Scheffer, thanks to the generosity of the museum in Dordrecht, his hometown. The "student works" of students from the École des Beaux-Arts for sketch competitions and proposals for major commissions bear witness to the countless projects subsequently executed or merely imagined for the exercise.
The painter Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), one of the masters of Romanticism, lived for more than twenty years on rue Chaptal where, in 1830, he had two studios built in which a significant part of his works were imagined, sketched and then executed. In the first half of the 19th century, the particular characteristics of the sketch joined some of the concerns of Romantic painters: vivacity, expression of emotions and subjective gaze. The sketch was also the spearhead of the training of young artists, in particular at the École des Beaux-Arts. Finally, it was the means of proposing to the sponsors the future decorations of the very many Parisian buildings then under construction. Thanks to exceptional loans, including some fifteen works by Eugène Delacroix from the Musée National Delacroix, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Petit Palais, the exhibition showcases some of the most remarkable Romantic "sketchers." A special place is reserved for Léon Cogniet, whose studio collection is held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Orléans, as well as for Ary Scheffer, thanks to the generosity of the museum in Dordrecht, his hometown. The "student works" of students from the École des Beaux-Arts for sketch competitions and proposals for major commissions bear witness to the countless projects subsequently executed or merely imagined for the exercise.