Charles André van Loo
Paintings
The Marriage of Sarah and Tobias
Theseus Taming the Bull of Marathon
Bacchus and Ariadne
Perseus and Andromeda
The Adoration of the Magi
The Victory of Alexander over Porus
Bacchus
River God
Naiad
A nymph at her bath
The Marriage Contract
Jupiter and Antiope
Portrait of a Prince of the House of France as a Pilgrim
The Grand Turk Giving a Concert to his Mistress
Portrait of Marie Leszczynska, Queen of France
St. Augustine arguing with donatists
St. Andrew who embraces his cross
Marsyas Flayed by the Order of Apollo
Marsyas Flayed by the Order of Apollo
The Victory of Alexander over Porus
Theseus Taming the Bull of Marathon
Drawings
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Perseus and Andromeda
Carle or Charles-André van Loo (15 February 1705 – 15 July 1765) was a French subject painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin. His oeuvre includes every category: religion, history painting, mythology, portraiture, allegory, and genre scenes.[1]
Life
He was born in Nice, then part of the Duchy of Savoy. Van Loo followed his brother Jean-Baptiste to Turin, and then to Rome in 1712, where he studied under Benedetto Luti and the sculptor Pierre Legros. After leaving Italy in 1723, he worked in Paris, studied at the Académie Royale, where he gained first prize for drawing in 1723, and received the first prize for historical painting in 1727—as did his future rival François Boucher. After again visiting Turin in 1727, he was employed by king Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, for whom he painted a series of subjects illustrative of Tasso. In 1734 he settled in Paris, and in 1735 became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and rose rapidly in the hierarchy of the academy. Madame de Pompadour and the French court were thaking the artist under their patronage. He was decorated with the Order of Saint Michael and named First Painter to king Louis XV of France in 1762. He was a most successful court painter but his portraits as well as history paintings also enjoyed an enormous success throughout all Europe. He died in Paris on 15 July 1765.[2][3]
Work
By his simplicity of style and correctness of design, the result of his study of the great Italian masters, he did much to purify the modern French school; but the contemporary praise that was lavished upon his productions now appears undue and excessive. His patrons included members of the court, the Gobelins factory, private individuals, and the church. In the ensuing centuries, Van Loo's critical fortune has plummeted, although his ability remains admirable, and the quality and variety of his work command respect. His Marriage of the Virgin is preserved in the Louvre.[4][5]
References
"Charles-André van Loo Encyclopaedia Britannica". global.britannica.com. Retrieved 2015.
"Charles-André van Loo Encyclopaedia Britannica". global.britannica.com. Retrieved 2015.
"LACMA Charles-André Vanloo". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2015.
"Charles-André van Loo Encyclopaedia Britannica". global.britannica.com. Retrieved 2015.
"LACMA Charles-André Vanloo". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2015.
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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