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Alexandre Hyacinthe Dunouy BIOGRAPHY
1757 - 1841. Known for: Painting.
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy can be included among artists such as Valenciennes, Michallon, Bertin and Bidauld who were the first generation to embrace plein air painting. They were not concerned with... Read full biography
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy can be included among artists such as Valenciennes, Michallon, Bertin and Bidauld who were the first generation to embrace plein air painting. They were not concerned with the traditional types of landscape painting; they sought to capture, on paper and canvas, the light... Read full biography
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy can be included among artists such as Valenciennes, Michallon, Bertin and Bidauld who were the first generation to embrace plein air painting. They were not concerned with the traditional types of landscape painting; they sought to capture, on paper and canvas, the light and atmosphere found in nature. After an apprenticeship with the historical painter Gabrial Briard, Dunouy submitted a landscape to the 'Salon de la Jeunesse' in 1781. Shortly after this, in... Read full biography
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy can be included among artists such as Valenciennes, Michallon, Bertin and Bidauld who were the first generation to embrace plein air painting. They were not concerned with the traditional types of landscape painting; they sought to capture, on paper and canvas, the light and atmosphere found in nature. After an apprenticeship with the historical painter Gabrial Briard, Dunouy submitted a landscape to the 'Salon de la Jeunesse' in 1781. Shortly after this, in 1787-1790, the artist took his first trip to Italy. His travels through that country are well documented by numerous dated and located works (Marino 1788, Tivoli 1789, Isola 1790). His sojourn to Italy and his return trip through the Jura, Switzerland and... Read full biography
Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy can be included among artists such as Valenciennes, Michallon, Bertin and Bidauld who were the first generation to embrace plein air painting. They were not concerned with the traditional types of landscape painting; they sought to capture, on paper and canvas, the light and atmosphere found in nature. After an apprenticeship with the historical painter Gabrial Briard, Dunouy submitted a landscape to the 'Salon de la Jeunesse' in 1781. Shortly after this, in 1787-1790, the artist took his first trip to Italy. His travels through that country are well documented by numerous dated and located works (Marino 1788, Tivoli 1789, Isola 1790). His sojourn to Italy and his return trip through the Jura, Switzerland and Savoy surely provided ample material for the canvases he submitted to the Salon from 1791 onwards.&n... Read full biography
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Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy can be included among artists such as Valenciennes, Michallon, Bertin and Bidauld who were the first generation to embrace plein air painting. They were not concerned with the traditional types of landscape painting; they sought to capture, on paper and canvas, the light and atmosphere found in nature.
After an apprenticeship with the historical painter Gabrial Briard, Dunouy submitted a landscape to the 'Salon de la Jeunesse' in 1781. Shortly after this, in 1787-1790, the artist took his first trip to Italy. His travels through that country are well documented by numerous dated and located works (Marino 1788, Tivoli 1789, Isola 1790).
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