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The French painter Théodore Chassériau is one of the most famous representatives of romantic classicism. He was born in Saint-Dominigue in 1819 and died in Paris in 1856. At the age of eleven Chassériau studied as a boy in the studio of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in Paris, one of the most important classicists of his time. Later, however, two other artists influenced his Sil, Paul Delaroche - a history painter - and Eugene Delacroix, a pioneer of Impressionism. Chassériau was popular for his portraits and historical scenes, which influenced painters like Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau. Even Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse have echoes of Chassériau's style, which in turn was influenced by Chavannes and Moreau. He also devoted himself to subjects such as Orientalism, religious themes and allegorical depictions.
In 1834 Chassériau left Paris and was appointed head of the French Academy in Rome. Here he was first influenced by Delacroix, from whom he took over the play of colours and combined it with the classicist style of Ingres. In 1836 his first works were exhibited in the Paris Salon, an exhibition room of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. During his stay in Italy, Chassériau had time and muse to study Renaissance frescoes and make landscape sketches. Here he created paintings influenced by Italian pre-Raphaelite works and Renaissance representations, such as his Venus Anadyomene and his Andromeda. They depict ideal-typical beautiful women who were shown naked. During this period he also painted religious depictions such as Christ on the Mount of Olives and the Deposition. Orientalist paintings are also part of his oeuvre, of which "Ali-Ben-hamet, the Caliph of Constantine and head of the Haractas, followed by his escort" is one of the most famous. It was exhibited in the Salon in 1845. One year later he travelled to Algeria for the first time, where his work "Jewish Women on the Balcony" was created. At the age of 37, shortly before his death, he was still working on various murals for the churches of Saint-Roch and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, a work that demanded a lot of him.
The French painter Théodore Chassériau is one of the most famous representatives of romantic classicism. He was born in Saint-Dominigue in 1819 and died in Paris in 1856. At the age of eleven Chassériau studied as a boy in the studio of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in Paris, one of the most important classicists of his time. Later, however, two other artists influenced his Sil, Paul Delaroche - a history painter - and Eugene Delacroix, a pioneer of Impressionism. Chassériau was popular for his portraits and historical scenes, which influenced painters like Puvis de Chavannes and Gustave Moreau. Even Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse have echoes of Chassériau's style, which in turn was influenced by Chavannes and Moreau. He also devoted himself to subjects such as Orientalism, religious themes and allegorical depictions.
In 1834 Chassériau left Paris and was appointed head of the French Academy in Rome. Here he was first influenced by Delacroix, from whom he took over the play of colours and combined it with the classicist style of Ingres. In 1836 his first works were exhibited in the Paris Salon, an exhibition room of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. During his stay in Italy, Chassériau had time and muse to study Renaissance frescoes and make landscape sketches. Here he created paintings influenced by Italian pre-Raphaelite works and Renaissance representations, such as his Venus Anadyomene and his Andromeda. They depict ideal-typical beautiful women who were shown naked. During this period he also painted religious depictions such as Christ on the Mount of Olives and the Deposition. Orientalist paintings are also part of his oeuvre, of which "Ali-Ben-hamet, the Caliph of Constantine and head of the Haractas, followed by his escort" is one of the most famous. It was exhibited in the Salon in 1845. One year later he travelled to Algeria for the first time, where his work "Jewish Women on the Balcony" was created. At the age of 37, shortly before his death, he was still working on various murals for the churches of Saint-Roch and Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, a work that demanded a lot of him.