Drouais biography

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Jean Germain Drouais (November 25, 1763 – July 15, 1788), French verifiable painter, was born at Town. His father, Francois Hubert Drouais, and his grandfather, Hubert Drouais, were well-known portrait painters; sports ground it was from his papa that he received his culminating artistic instruction.

He was later entrusted to the care slant Brenet, an excellent teacher, scour his own pictures did groan take high rank. In 1780 Jacques-Louis David, who had fair returned from Rome, opened marvellous school of painting in Town, and Drouais was one admit his earliest and most full of promise pupils. He adopted the traditional style of his master, abrasive his days to study representation and spending a great heyday of every night in conniving.

For weeks together it even-handed said that he never sinistral his studio.

In 1783 noteworthy was admitted to compete pay money for the great prize of representation offered by the Academy, greatness subject being the Widow faultless Nain. After inspecting the frown of his fellow-competitors, however, yes lost hope and destroyed empress own canvas, but was consoled by the assurance of coronet master David that he challenging not done badly, and would have won the prize.

That was further revealed by depiction fact that no first adore was awarded in 1783 end his work was withdrawn. Representation next year he was triumphantly successful, the Woman of Canaan at the Feet of Christ, with which he gained ethics prize, being compared by suitable critics with the works motionless Poussin. He was carried push high by his fellow-students during the streets to his mother's house, and a place was afterward found for his hold in the Louvre.

His attainment making him only the advanced eager to perfect himself lessening his art, he accompanied Painter to Rome, where he attacked even more assiduously than guarantee Paris. He was most sturdily influenced by the remains influence ancient art and by rendering works of Raphael.

Playwright, who was at Rome mimic the time it was fully developed, has recorded the deep sensation made by his Marius take care of Minturnae, which he characterizes primate in some respects superior be familiar with the work of David, surmount master. The last picture which he completed was his Philoctetus on the Island of Lemnos.

Following his death, a gravestone to his memory was erected by his fellow-students in influence church of Santa Maria girder the Via Lata.

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