Louis de Boullogne II (19 November 1654 – 2 November 1733), known as Boullogne fils, was a French painter.

Life

Boullogne was born and died in

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, and was the brother of

Bon Boullogne Bon Boullogne (bapt. February 22, 1649 – May 17, 1717) was a French painter. Biography Boullogne was born in Paris, a son of the painter Louis Boullogne;

. Their father, Louis Boullogne, feared rivalry between the two brothers if Louis the younger became a painter and so at first opposed his wish to do so. However, his vocation finally won through and every evening Louis crossed Paris to go with Bon to draw at the

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. Aged 18 he won the grand prix de peinture and left for

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in 1676, when his brother returned from there. He made copies after '' The School of Athens'', ''

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'' and many other works by

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, from which the

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made many different tapestries for the French king. Returning through Lombardy and Venice in 1680, Louis returned to Paris and soon won a great reputation. In 1681 he was received as a member of the Académie : his reception piece showed ''Augustus closing the doors to the temple of Janus, after the battle of Actium''. On 3 February 1688 he married Marguerite Bacquet. In 1722, he was chosen to design the medals and mottos for the Académie des inscriptions, receiving a new 1,000 livres pension and the

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. In 1723, he was made rector of the Académie; in 1724, first painter to the king, with letters patent of nobility for him and his descendants; and, in 1725, director of the Académie, offices he held until his death. His students included ,

Louis Galloche Louis Galloche (24 August 1670 – 21 July 1761) was a French painter. A student of Louis de Boullogne, his own students included François Lemoyne, Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher. Life He was born in Paris, the son of Charle ...

and Jacques-François Courtin. A strong supporter of the Académie, Louis de Boullogne supported its students with his lessons and his protection. He was the sworn enemy of the pochades and bambochades, claiming that only those with great skill and a fully formed taste could be allowed to paint. Louis Boullogne was buried at Saint-Eustache, parish of his birth. He left a vast fortune to four children he had had with Bacquet - two sons (the eldest was councilor to the

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, then conseiller d'État and an

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et ordres du roi, and the younger receiver general of finances for Tours) and two daughters (of which one married Jean-Pierre Richarol, receiver general of finances, with whom she had the painter

Jean-Claude Richard Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non (1727 – 25 November 1791) was a French painter and printmaker. He was born, and also died, in Paris. He is often rather misleadingly known as the "Abbé de Saint-Non"; although intended for the church by his ...

, and the other became a nun).

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was his pupil.

Works

In general, his compositions displayed a firm understanding of mise en scène, with a firm touch and striking colors. His heads display a great deal of expression and character and his talents were suited to easel paintings as well as large murals. His drawings are in black chalk, on white, blue or gray paper, with some slight hatching. In some, the features are fixed and the shadows are faded. Charles Dupuis,

François de Poilly François Poilly, or François de Poilly, (1623Born in 1622 or 1623 according to the sources. –1693) was a French engraver. Biography He was born in Abbeville, the son of a goldsmith who gave him his first drawing lessons. He was apprenticed ...

, Pierre Imbert Drevet,

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and others reproduced many of his works as engravings.

Selected paintings

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in the Forge of

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and

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File:Auguste fait fermer les portes du Temple de Janus - Louis de Boullogne le Jeune.jpg,

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Orders the Closing of the Temple of

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Asking

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to Release the Four Winds

References

* Amédée Caix de Saint-Aymour, ''Les Boullongne : une famille d’artistes et de financiers aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles'', Ed. Henri Laurens, Paris, 1919. *

Antoine Schnapper Antoine Schnapper (10 July 1933 – 29 August 2004) was a French art historian on art of the 17th and the 18th century. A student of André Chastel, he organised many retrospectives on artists of that period, notably one at the Louvre in 1989 on J ...

, Hélène Guicharnaud, ''Louis de Boullogne, 1654–1733, « Cahiers du dessin français » - n° 2, Ed. Galerie de Bayser, Paris, s. d., . * Ferdinand Hoefer, ''Nouvelle Biographie générale'', t. 7, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1857, p. 13-4.

External links

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