Jean-Bernard Restout (22 February 1732 – 18 July 1797) was a French painter.

Life

Restout was born and died in Paris. A son of

Jean II Restout Jean II Restout (26 March 1692 – 1 January 1768) was a French painter, whose late baroque classicism rendered his altarpieces, such as the ''Death of Saint Scholastica'' an "isolated achievement" that ran counter to his rococo contemporaries.M ...

and like him a member of the Académie de Rouen, he won the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1758 and was aggregated to the

Académie royale An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

on his return from Italy in 1765, then received into it in 1769. However, he refused to conform to its rules led to a quarrel. He frequently exhibited at the

Salon de Paris The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...

from 1767 to 1791. On the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

, he was president of the Commune des Arts which campaigned, with its founder

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, for the suppression of the

Académie An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

. Made guardian of the Garde-Meuble royal by

Roland Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

during the Revolution, this favour nearly cost him his life during the

Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror (french: link=no, la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, ...

when Roland and his friends were implicated in the theft from the Garde-Meuble. Suspected, he was imprisoned and only released after the

9 Thermidor The Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor or the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre refers to the series of events beginning with Maximilien Robespierre's address to the National Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), his arrest the next day, and ...

coup d'etat (27 July 1794) that deposed

Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the best-known, influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Esta ...

. File:493_Jean-Bernard_Restout_Portrait_de_Suleiman_Aga.jpg, ''Portrait of

Suleiman Aga Müteferrika Süleyman Ağa, known as Suleiman Aga and Soleiman Agha in France, was an Ottoman Empire ambassador to the French king Louis XIV in 1669. Suleiman visited Versailles, but only wore a simple wool coat and refused to bow to Louis XIV, ...

'', 1777 File:Jean-Bernard Restout - Young Woman with a Guitar - 58.11 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''Young Woman with a Guitar'', 1768 File:Jean-Bernard Restout - Diogenes Asking for Alms.jpg, ''

Diogenes Diogenes ( ; grc, Διογένης, Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, ) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy). He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea ...

Asking for Alms'', 1767. Musee des Augustins,

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

, France File:L-ete-de-Jean-Bernard-Restout.jpg, ''Summer'' File:L-hyver-de-Jean-Bernard-Restout.jpg, ''Winter'' File:Restout_-_Philémon_et_Baucis_donnant_l'hospitalité_à_Jupiter_et_Mercure.jpg, ''Philemon and Baucis giving hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury'', 1769

Bibliography

* ''Galerie française ou Portraits des hommes et des femmes célébres qui ont paru en France'', Paris, Herrissant le Fils, 1771 * Anatole Granges de Surgères, ''Artistes français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (1681-1787)'', Paris, Charavay, 1893

References

External links

Jean-Bernard Restout on Artcyclopedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Restout 18th-century French painters French male painters People of the French Revolution Prix de Rome for painting 1732 births 1797 deaths 18th-century French male artists