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Martin Drolling (1752-1817)

Aliases: Martin Drelling; Martin Drölling; Drölling (le père)

Professions: Painter

  • Martin Drolling (Oberbergheim 1752-1817 Paris)

  • *MARTIN DROLLING (1752-1817)

  • Portrait of a young boy, bust length, in a striped vest and grey jacket

  • MARTIN DROLLING (OBERBERGHEIM 1752-1817 PARIS)

Martin Drolling Biography

(b Oberbergheim, nr Colmar, bapt 19 Sept 1752; d Paris, 16 April 1817). After receiving initial training from an unknown painter in Sélestat, Drolling moved to Paris, where he attended courses at the Académie Royale. He supplemented his education there by studying Flemish and Dutch Old Masters in the collection at the Luxembourg Palace. From the Flemish school he derived his own rich impasto, while the Dutch was to influence him in his meticulous, supremely descriptive and unsentimental style of painting as well as his choice of subject-matter: unfussy bourgeois interiors and frank portraits. Drolling first exhibited at the Salon de la Correspondance in 1781 and again in 1782 and 1789. After the French Revolution he was able to participate in the Salon at the Louvre, despite the fact that he had never become a member of the Académie Royale. He exhibited from 1793 to 1817, although the majority of his works extant today were shown after 1800. From 1802 to 1813 he was employed by the Sèvres porcelain manufactory, and many of his designs were engraved.

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 Martin Drölling , Oberbergheim, près de Colmar 1752 - 1817 Paris La diseuse de bonne aventure Martin Drölling ; The fortune teller ; signed lower centre ; oil on panel Huile sur panneau 
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  • Sacks of grain, a broom, an up-turned pot, a jug and a basket of yarn , Martin Drolling, Click for value View Details
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