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Pierre Athanase Chauvin was a French painter active in Italy.
Chauvin was a student of the landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. He began his career at the Paris Salon in 1793 and won the First Class Medal in 1819 with his painting ''Charles VIII’s entry into Acquapendente''. The painting was commissioned by
Chauvin was a student of the landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. He began his career at the Paris Salon in 1793 and won the First Class Medal in 1819 with his painting ''Charles VIII’s entry into Acquapendente''. The painting was commissioned by Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in ...
for the Galerie de Diane at the Palace of Fontainebleau
Palace of Fontainebleau (; ) or Château de Fontainebleau, located southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence ...
.
In 1813, Chauvin settled in Rome and became a member of the Accademia di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fi ...
. Chauvin’s views of Italy show the influence of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in their both classical and realist style. Chauvin knew Ingres and the latter painted portraits of Chauvin and his wife in 1814.
Chauvin was elected Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1828.
His work was represented in the exhibition ''An Enchanted Country. Italy depicted by Artists from Thomas Jones to Corot'' at the Centro Internazionale d’Arte e di Cultura di Palazzo Te
or is a palace in the suburbs of Mantua, Italy. It is a fine example of the mannerist style of architecture, and the acknowledged masterpiece of Giulio Romano. Although formed in Italian, the usual name in English of Palazzo del Te is not that ...
in Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...
, Italy
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in 2001.
References
* ''An Enchanted Country. Italy depicted by Artists from Thomas Jones to Corot Exhibition Catalogue'', Ottarri Cavina, Anna, Electa, Milan, 2001 *''De David a Delacroix: La Peinture francaise de 1774 à 1830'' Exhibition Catalogue, Paris Grand Palais, 1974, pp 349–351 *''Grove Dictionary of Art'', Lorraine Peake, vol. 6, p. 519Further reading
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chauvin, Pierre-Athanase 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters Knights of the Legion of Honour 1774 births 1832 deaths Painters from Paris 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists