Joseph-Gabriel Imbert, also known as Frère Imbert (1666–1749) was a French painter and Carthusian monk. Among his pupils were

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and

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Biography

Imbert was born in

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in 1666. He was active in the charterhouse of

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, but was originally from

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, as in a note on his ''Fuite en Egypte'' it is detailed that ''« les deux autres représentant la Fuitte en Egipte ��peint par un frère chartreux de ladite maison nommé Imbert de Marseille, ces trois tableaux sont forts haut et remplissent depuis le haut des stales presque jusqu’à la voûte»'' He was a pupil of French painter and

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. He realized several paintings for the Carthusian Monastery of Notre-Dame-du-Val-de-Bénédiction in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, near

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, including a large painting depicting the

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, a copy of Guido Reni's Annunciation, an

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depicting the Marquise of Ganges in the Chartreusine costume of Saint Roseline de Villeneuve, and a ''Compassion de la Vierge'' (Compassion of the Virgin), now lost. Regarding the lost painting, it was recorded that ''«Du cotté oposé il y a ��et les deux autres représentant ��et la Compassion de la Sainte Vierge, peint par un frère chartreux de ladite maison nommé Imbert de Marseille, ces trois tableaux sont forts haut et remplissent depuis le haut des stales presque jusqu’à la voûte»'' Frère Imbert executed also "smaller paintings, works on easel of more intimate expression, and copies of paintings of the preceding century, such as

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's Annunciation." Imbert "was not only a talented copyist. He was lsoable to elaborate powerful compositions, such as isFlight into Egypt �� Imbert became a Carthusian monk, and later opened an art school in either

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. There, he taught Joseph Siffred Duplessis and Adrien Manglard. The latter reportedly learned figure painting with him. The figure of Frère Imbert is still relatively shrouded in mystery.

Gallery

File:La marquise de Ganges dans le costume de chartreusine de sainte Roseline de Villeneuve, Joseph-Gabriel ImbertUntitled (11).jpg, ''The Marquise de Ganges in the Chartreusine costume of Saint Roseline de Villeneuve'', Notre-Dame Church,

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External links

Joseph-Gabriel Imbert at CCfr

Joseph-Gabriel Imbert's gallery at Ministère de la Culture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imbert, Joseph Gabriel 17th-century French painters French male painters 1666 births 1749 deaths Artists from Marseille Artists from Avignon