Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon was a French painter and draftsman born the tenth son of a stonecutter in Burgundy. He began studying painting in Dijon at age 16. He arrived in Paris in 1780, but his experience in Italy from 1784–87, when he absorbed the softness and sensuality of Correggio's works and Leonardo da Vinci's sfumato, gave his art its distinctive style. Upon his return to Paris, Prud'hon enthusiastically supported the French Revolution. In 1801, Napoleon favored him with commissions for portraits, ceiling decorations, and allegorical paintings. "Prud'hon's true genius lay in allegory; this is his empire and his true domain,” Eugène Delacroix later wrote. In 1816, he gained membership in the Institut de France. An ill-fated love affair with a pupil and collaborator who committed suicide in his studio caused Prud'hon's depression and subsequent death. Prud'hon's paintings were based on classical texts and ancient prototypes, but his dreaminess and melancholy were more akin to Romanticism.
1790s Old Masters Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Oil, Cardboard
1860s Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Etching
1960s Modern Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Etching
1960s Surrealist Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Etching
Late 20th Century Color-Field Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Cardboard, Oil
1960s Realist Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Cardboard, Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Oil, Cardboard
1810s Old Masters Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Oil, Cardboard
1940s Modern Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Oil, Cardboard
1970s Expressionist Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Cardboard, Oil
1820s Romantic Pierre-Paul Prudhon Art
Lithograph