1699 - 1767. Known for: Portrait and miniature painting.
Founder of a dynasty of painters, Hubert Drouais’s fame would eventually be eclipsed by that of his son, the celebrated portraitist and genre painter, François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) and his...
Read full biography Founder of a dynasty of painters, Hubert Drouais’s fame would eventually be eclipsed by that of his son, the celebrated portraitist and genre painter, François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) and his grandson, the neoclassical History painter, Jean-Germain Drouais (1763-1788), but he was one of the most...
Read full biography Founder of a dynasty of painters, Hubert Drouais’s fame would eventually be eclipsed by that of his son, the celebrated portraitist and genre painter, François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) and his grandson, the neoclassical History painter, Jean-Germain Drouais (1763-1788), but he was one of the most successful portrait painters of his era. He began his artistic training in Rouen and moved to Paris in 1717, where he entered the studio of François de Troy. Besides painting portraits in oil and...
Read full biography Founder of a dynasty of painters, Hubert Drouais’s fame would eventually be eclipsed by that of his son, the celebrated portraitist and genre painter, François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) and his grandson, the neoclassical History painter, Jean-Germain Drouais (1763-1788), but he was one of the most successful portrait painters of his era. He began his artistic training in Rouen and moved to Paris in 1717, where he entered the studio of François de Troy. Besides painting portraits in oil and pastel, Drouais also took up miniature painting to great acclaim.
Founder of a dynasty of painters, Hubert Drouais’s fame would eventually be eclipsed by that of his son, the celebrated portraitist and genre painter, François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) and his grandson, the neoclassical History painter, Jean-Germain Drouais (1763-1788), but he was one of the most successful portrait painters of his era. He began his artistic training in Rouen and moved to Paris in 1717, where he entered the studio of François de Troy. Besides painting portraits in oil and pastel, Drouais also took up miniature painting to great acclaim.
