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Antoine Monnoyer
Antoine Monnoyer (1670 – 1747), was a French painter. Biography He was born in Paris as the son and pupil of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer.Antoine Monnoyer in the He is known for flower still lifes in the manner of his father and he was the teacher of . He is sometimes referred to as ''Baptiste (le jeune)''. He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. References *Antoine Monnoyer on |
Brooklyn Museum - Vase Of Flowers - Antoine Monnoyer
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Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (12 January 1636 – 20 February 1699) was a Franco-Flemish painter who specialised in flower pieces. He was attached to the Gobelins tapestry workshops and the Beauvais tapestry workshops, too, where he produced cartoons of fruit and flowers for the tapestry-weavers, and at Beauvais was one of three painters who collaborated to produce cartoons for the suite ''The Emperor of China''. Life He was born at Lille, but was in Paris by 1650, where he was documented working on the decors of the Hôtel Lambert. He was taken up by Charles Le Brun for decorative painting at the Château de Marly and at the Grand Dauphin's residence, the Château de Meudon. He was received at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1665 with a piece of the genre that he made his specialty, a still life of flowers and fruit combined with ''objets d'art''. His only appearance at the Paris salon was in 1673, when four paintings of flowers were exhibited by "M. Baptiste". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andien De Clermont
Andien de Clermont (died 1783) was a French artist who worked in England in the 18th century (c.1716–1756). He was particularly known for his decorative flower paintingsChaudon et Delandine, eds. Nouveau dictionnaire historique. Lyon: Bruyset, 1805 in the Rococo style, and for "singeries, chinoiseries, and turqueries."Jennifer D. Milam. Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art. Scarecrow Press, 2011 He decorated interiors at Kirtlington Park, Langley Hall, Wentworth Castle, Wilton House, and "the second earl of Strafford's (now destroyed) dining room at No. 5 St. James's Square St James's Square is the only square in the St James's district of the City of Westminster and is a garden square. It has predominantly Georgian and Neo-Georgian architecture. For its first two hundred or so years it was one of the three or fo ..., London." References Further reading * Ingrid Roscoe. "Andien de Clermont, Decorative Painter to the Leicester House Set." Apollo 123, 1986 External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artnet
Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquarters in New York City, in the United States, and is owned by Artnet AG, a German publicly traded company based in Berlin that is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company increased revenues by 25.3% to 17.3 million EUR in 2015 compared with a year before. Company history The company was founded as Centrox Corporation in 1989 by Pierre Sernet, a French collector who developed database software which allowed images of artworks to be associated with market prices. Hans Neuendorf, a German art dealer, began to invest in the company in the 1990s; he became chairman in 1992 and chief executive officer in 1995. That same year, the name was changed to Artnet Worldwide Corporation. It was taken over by Artnet AG in 1998. Neuendorf's son, Jacob Pabst, became chief executive officer in July 2012. Website Artnet operates an international research and trading platform for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1670 Births
Year 167 ( CLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Quadratus (or, less frequently, year 920 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 167 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus and Marcus Ummidius Quadratus Annianus become Roman Consuls. * The Marcomanni tribe wages war against the Romans at Aquileia. They destroy aqueducts and irrigation conduits. Marcus Aurelius repels the invaders, ending the Pax Romana (Roman Peace) that has kept the Roman Empire free of conflict since the days of Emperor Augustus. * The Vandals (Astingi and Lacringi) and the Sarmatian Iazyges invade Dacia. To counter them, Legio V ''Macedonica'', returning from the Parthian War, moves its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 Deaths
Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coulon de Villiers, attacks and defeats British troops at Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. * March 7 – Juan de Arechederra the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, combines his forces with those of Sultan Azim ud-Din I of Sulu to suppress the rebellion of the Moros in the Visayas. * March 19 – Simon Fraser, the 79-year old Scottish Lord Loyat, is convicted of high treason for being one of the leaders of the Jacobite rising of 1745 against King George II of Great Britain and attempting to place the pretender Charles Edward Stuart on the throne. After a seven day trial of impeachment in the House of Lords and the verdict of guilt, Fraser is sentenced on the same day to be hanged, drawn and quartered; King George alters Fraser' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Painters
The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of French artists. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French cinema and French culture. Middle Ages See also Middle Ages, Gothic architecture, Illuminated manuscript *Gislebertus (12th century), sculptor *Pierre de Montreuil (c.1200–1266), architect *Villard de Honnecourt (13th century), other media *Jean Pucelle (active 1325–28), other media *Jean Malouel (Dutch, worked in Burgundy) (1365-1416), painter *Anastasia (fl. c.1400), manuscript illuminator *Claus Sluter (Dutch, worked in Burgundy from 1395–1406), sculptor * the Limbourg brothers (Pol and Hermann) (Dutch artists working in Burgundy around 1403–1416), other media Renaissance See also Renaissance, Francis I of France, Henry II of France, Catherine de' Medici, Henry III of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
