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LA TOUR, Maurice Quentin de
French Rococo Era Painter, 1704-1788
French pastellist. He was one of the greatest pastellists of the 18th century, an equal of Jean-Simeon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste Perronneau. Unlike them, however, he painted no works in oils. Reacting against the stately portraits of preceding generations and against the mythological portraits of many of his contemporaries, La Tour returned to a more realistic and sober style of work. The fundamental quality of his art lies in his ability to suggest the temperament and psychology of his subjects by means of their facial expression, and thereby to translate their fugitive emotions on to paper: 'I penetrate into the depths of my subjects without their knowing it, and capture them whole', as he himself put it. His considerable success led to commissions from the royal family, the court, the rich bourgeoisie and from literary, artistic and theatrical circles.
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Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Marshal of France sg
1748
Pastel on paper, 59,5 x 49 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID:: 7782
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Maurice,_Comte_de_Saxe,_Marshal_of_France_sg
1748
Pastel on paper, 59,5 x 49 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
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Mlle Ferrand Meditating on Newton f
1753
Pastel on paper, 73 x 60 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID:: 7783
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Mlle_Ferrand_Meditating_on_Newton_f
1753
Pastel on paper, 73 x 60 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Self-Portrait s
1751
Pastel on paper
Mus??e de Picardie, Amiens
Painting ID:: 7784
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Self-Portrait_s
1751
Pastel on paper
Mus??e de Picardie, Amiens
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Self-Portrait (mk08)
1751
Pastel
64.5x53cm
Amiens,Musee
Painting ID:: 21901
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Self-Portrait_(mk08)
1751
Pastel
64.5x53cm
Amiens,Musee
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Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
mk68
Pastel on canvas
Paris,Louvre
1755
France
Painting ID:: 30620
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Portrait_of_Madame_de_Pompadour
mk68
Pastel on canvas
Paris,Louvre
1755
France
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LA_TOUR,_Maurice_Quentin_de
French Rococo Era Painter, 1704-1788
French pastellist. He was one of the greatest pastellists of the 18th century, an equal of Jean-Simeon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste Perronneau. Unlike them, however, he painted no works in oils. Reacting against the stately portraits of preceding generations and against the mythological portraits of many of his contemporaries, La Tour returned to a more realistic and sober style of work. The fundamental quality of his art lies in his ability to suggest the temperament and psychology of his subjects by means of their facial expression, and thereby to translate their fugitive emotions on to paper: 'I penetrate into the depths of my subjects without their knowing it, and capture them whole', as he himself put it. His considerable success led to commissions from the royal family, the court, the rich bourgeoisie and from literary, artistic and theatrical circles.
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