Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, born August 29, 1780 in Montauban and died January 14, 1867 in Paris, was a French painter. After a first apprenticeship in Montauban, his native town, he became a pupil of Jacques-Louis David in Paris. Winner of the Prix de Rome in 1801, he went to Italy in 1806 and remained there until 1824. He enjoyed official recognition, appearing as the champion of the doctrine of beauty and the primacy of design over color, in opposition successive to romantic and realistic currents. Appointed director of the Académie de France in Rome, he returned there from 1835 to 1842. Ingres first and at several stages of his career lived from his portraits, painted or drawn. Reputed to be not very sociable, he was often badly treated by critics. Proponents of a freer style and faster execution condemned his manner as did academics, who criticized him in particular for the expressive deformations he subjected to the bodies in his nudes. Metropolitan Museum of Arts. Public domain. Enhanced by hand for an incredibly close rendering of an original drawing. You will be able to perceive the intensity and the material effect of blacks, whites, colors. Ships within 2-3 days.