Neoclassicism

~~Romaticism & Rococo~~

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Self-portrait by J.-A.-D. Ingres, oil on canvas, c. 1800; in the Condé Museum, Chantilly, France.

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassicism painter of the 18th century. His first early mentor in the arts was his father Jean-Marie-Joseph Ingres. His early education was at the Brothers of Christian Doctrine but due to the French Revolution was ended promptly, but was later continued at the fine arts academy in Toulouse, France. In 1806 Ingres left for Italy where he followed his own artistic decisions.

*La Grande Odalisque, oil on canvas by J.-A.-D. Ingres, 1814; in the Louvre, Paris.*

Within the next 5 years Ingres became a painter for Napoleon’s subjects and officials. He did medieval genre paintings as well as portraiture. Ingres also painted few nudes but often received harsh criticism due to the odd bodily proportions. I really admire Ingres’s work, he is able to capture so much beauty in the subjects he paints and is a master portrait painter.