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Jean-Baptiste Charles Claudot (19 September 1733, Badonviller – 27 December 1805, Nancy) was a French painter and decorator. He specialized in landscapes, many of which featured ruins.
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Brief biography
@ the Lorraine website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Claudot, Jean-Baptiste 1733 births 1805 deaths People from Meurthe-et-Moselle 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters French still life painters 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists
Jean-Baptiste Charles Claudot (19 September 1733, Badonviller – 27 December 1805, Nancy) was a French painter and decorator. He specialized in landscapes, many of which featured ruins.
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He was descended from Nobles of the Robe. His father was a lawyer who later became a member of the .Jean Girardet
Jean Girardet (1709, Lunéville–28 September 1778, Nancy, France, Nancy) was a French portrait and mural painter.
Biography
Before becoming a painter he was, successively, a seminarian, a law student, and a cavalry officer. After settling ...
and André Joly were his art teachers.
Despite numerous commissions for paintings, mostly of a religious nature, he went to Paris in 1767 to complete his studies. There he became an associate and friend of Claude-Joseph Vernet
Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 17143 December 1789) was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter.
Life and work
Vernet was born in Avignon. When only fourteen years of age he aided his father, Antoine Vernet ...
. Although encouraged to remain in Paris, he returned home in 1769.
His landscapes were inspired by the vedute from 17th century Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
, and by the works of his contemporary, Hubert Robert. He painted in several locations; including Nancy, Lunéville
Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze.
History
Lun ...
, Bayon, Metz and Pont-à-Mousson. He was also one of the first French artists to make "portraits" of castles at their owner's request. Until then, that was almost entirely an English tradition.
His students included Jean Baptiste Isabey and Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (August 15, 1759 – April 13, 1832) was a French miniature painter.
Biography
Augustin was born in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and died in Paris. He might have had some lessons from Jean-Baptiste Claudot and maybe al ...
. Several of his works are in the Museum of Nancy.
References
*Further reading
* Henri Claude, ''La Lorraine vue par les peintres'', Thionville, Serge Domini, 2003, pp.89, 149 . * Claude-Gérard Marcus, ''Jean-Baptiste Claudot : peintre de Nancy (1733-1805)'', Paris, Galerie Marcus, 1970, p.21 * Serge Domini, ''Jean-Baptiste Claudot : le sentiment du paysage en Lorraine au XVIIIe siècle'' : (exhibition catalog), Musée Lorrain, Metz, 2006External links
Brief biography
@ the Lorraine website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Claudot, Jean-Baptiste 1733 births 1805 deaths People from Meurthe-et-Moselle 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters French still life painters 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists