Philibert-Louis Debucourt
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| - | '''Jean-Baptiste Le Prince''' (September 17, 1734 – September 30, 1781) was an important French etcher and painter. Le Prince first studied painting techniques in his native [[Metz]]. He then travelled to Paris around 1750 and became a leading student of the great painter, [[François Boucher]] (1703–1770). Le Prince's early paintings in both theme and style are comparable to his master's [[rococo]] techniques. | ||
| - | In 1758 Le Prince journeyed to Russia to work for [[Catherine the Great]] at the [[Winter Palace|Imperial Palace]], [[St. Petersburg]]. He remained in Russia for five years and also travelled extensively throughout Finland, [[Lithuania]] and even [[Siberia]]. When Le Prince returned to Paris in December, 1763, he brought with him an extensive collection of drawings which he employed as the basis for a number of fine paintings and etchings. J. B. Le Prince was elected a full member of the ''[[Académie de peinture et de sculpture]]'' in 1765. | + | '''Philibert-Louis Debucourt''', a French painter and [[engraving|engraver]], was born in Paris in 1765, and became a pupil of [[Joseph-Marie Vien|Vien]]. He executed a few plates in [[mezzotint]]; the 'Heureuse famille,' the 'Benediction de la mariée,' and the 'Cruche cassée,' after his own designs. But his attention wad chiefly given to engraving in [[aquatint]], in which he produced his[[Masterpiece|chefs-d'oeuvre]] after [[Carle Vernet]], the '[[Horse frightened by a Lion]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Stubbs_004.jpg?uselang=de],' the '[[Horse frightened by Lightning]],' the 'Strayed Huntsman,' and other subjects. Bucourt, who was for some years assisted by his pupil and nephew, [[Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet|M. Jazet]], died at [[Belleville (commune)|Belleville]] in 1832. |
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| - | Le Prince's graphic art of Russia and its peoples is significant in that he based his compositions entirely upon his own designs, lending a much more realistic portrayal to his views than other eighteenth century [[contemporaries]]. He is also credited with being the first artist (in 1768) to introduce [[aquatint]] into his etched and engraved plates. He may even have been the inventor of [[aquatint]], the tonal graphic art that would later be so skillfully used by such masters as [[Goya]], [[Louis-Philibert Debucourt]], [[Delacroix]] and [[Thomas Rowlandson]]. | + | |
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Philibert-Louis Debucourt, a French painter and engraver, was born in Paris in 1765, and became a pupil of Vien. He executed a few plates in mezzotint; the 'Heureuse famille,' the 'Benediction de la mariée,' and the 'Cruche cassée,' after his own designs. But his attention wad chiefly given to engraving in aquatint, in which he produced hischefs-d'oeuvre after Carle Vernet, the 'Horse frightened by a Lion[1],' the 'Horse frightened by Lightning,' the 'Strayed Huntsman,' and other subjects. Bucourt, who was for some years assisted by his pupil and nephew, M. Jazet, died at Belleville in 1832.
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