Italian Landscape
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| Author: Pierre-Athanase
Chauvin |
| Landscape, Painting, Oil on canvas, 31x31 cm |
| Origin: France, Early 19th
century |
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From 1802 Chauvin lived in Italy, where he painted mainly
landscapes around Rome and Naples. These paintings were extremely
popular amongst his contemporaries and were eagerly purchased as
souvenirs by the European aristocracy who flocked to Italy.
Chauvin's landscapes reveal the influence of the traditions of the
French Classicists Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain: in each we
see an idyllic image of peaceful nature - a clear sky, a calm sea
and high trees with thick trunks and luxurious crowns.
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| Style: Neo-Classicism |
| Source of entry: Museum of the
Academy of Arts, Petrograd, 1922 |
| Exibition: French Art: 19th - 20th
centuries |
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