Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823)

Aliases: Pierre Prudhon; Pierre Paul Prudhon; Pierre-Paul Prudhon; P.-P. Prud'hon; Pierre Paul Prud'hon; Pierre Paul Prudon

Professions: Painter; Miniature painter

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  Pierre-Paul Prud'hon , Cluny 1758 - 1823 Paris a classical landscape with washerwomen Black pencil with touches of white heightening and stumping, on blue paper; inscribed lower left of mount: par prud,hon , and bears an inscription (or signature ?)

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  Pierre-Paul PRUD'HON Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823 LE NAUFRAGE DE VIRGINIE Crayon noir et lavis brun, rehauts de gouache blanche

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  Pierre-Paul PRUD'HON (Cluny, 1758 - Paris, 1823) LA REINE HORTENSE ET SES DEUX ENFANTS DANS UN PARC Crayon noir, estompe, rehauts de..

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  Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (Cluny 1758-1823 Paris)

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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon Biography

(b Cluny, France, 1758; d Paris, 1823) French Painter and Draftsman. Pierre-Paul Purd’hon was born Pierre Prudon, the son of a mason in Burgundy. He was sent to study painting in Dijon at the age of sixteen and in 1778 went to Paris to work as an engraver. After three years, Prud’hohn received a scholarship to study in Italy where he encountered masters like Correggio and Leonardo da Vinci whose work would greatly influence the young artist. Prud’hon returned to Paris just as the French Revolution was gathering momentum, but he weathered the uncertain political climate and went on to become a favorite of Napoleon. He gained fame for his portraits and for his allegorical paintings, and, in 1816, he was inducted into the Institute de France. Prud’hon’s canvases are distinguished by a dreamy, melancholy romanticism, which stands in contrast to other neoclassical works of the period; typified by the paintings of Jaques-Louis David. Prud’hon is also well known for his drawings, often executed in black and white chalk on blue paper.

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