Movement, Style, School or Type of Art
Neo-classicism
Date and Place of Birth
August 29, 1780, Montauban, France
Life
Ingres, a pupil of David's, never let his brushwork show. As a Neo-classicist, he consciously kept emotion out of his works. He preferred painting historical narratives and felt that portraits were somehow beneath him. Yet, his portraits were his best work and that by which we remember him.
Important Works
Important Works
- The Valpinçon Bather, 1808
- La Grande Odalisque, 1814
- Apotheosis of Homer, 1827
Date and Place of Death
January 14, 1867, Paris, France
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