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Claude Vignon BIOGRAPHY
1593 - 1670. Known for: Painting.
CLAUDE VIGNON (1593-1670), THE DREAM OF DAPHNIS, OIL ON CANVASThis painting offers the viewer a chromatic feast, balancing pale and rich colours. This wealth of hues plays a large part in the poetry... Read full biography
CLAUDE VIGNON (1593-1670), THE DREAM OF DAPHNIS, OIL ON CANVASThis painting offers the viewer a chromatic feast, balancing pale and rich colours. This wealth of hues plays a large part in the poetry of the work of Claude Vignon (1593-1670), which enchanted the Parisian public in the seventeenth... Read full biography
CLAUDE VIGNON (1593-1670), THE DREAM OF DAPHNIS, OIL ON CANVASThis painting offers the viewer a chromatic feast, balancing pale and rich colours. This wealth of hues plays a large part in the poetry of the work of Claude Vignon (1593-1670), which enchanted the Parisian public in the seventeenth century. Belonging to the last wave of great Mannerism, his refined lyricism delighted the European courts. For Vignon, painting was the art of storytelling: each brush stroke brought stories and myths... Read full biography
CLAUDE VIGNON (1593-1670), THE DREAM OF DAPHNIS, OIL ON CANVASThis painting offers the viewer a chromatic feast, balancing pale and rich colours. This wealth of hues plays a large part in the poetry of the work of Claude Vignon (1593-1670), which enchanted the Parisian public in the seventeenth century. Belonging to the last wave of great Mannerism, his refined lyricism delighted the European courts. For Vignon, painting was the art of storytelling: each brush stroke brought stories and myths to life, offering his many patrons a glimpse of exotic lands.Paola Pacht Bassani, author of the artist's catalogue raisonné, dates the present painting to 1630-1640, a period that she describes as marking 'the apogee of his career' (P. Pacht Bassani,... Read full biography
CLAUDE VIGNON (1593-1670), THE DREAM OF DAPHNIS, OIL ON CANVASThis painting offers the viewer a chromatic feast, balancing pale and rich colours. This wealth of hues plays a large part in the poetry of the work of Claude Vignon (1593-1670), which enchanted the Parisian public in the seventeenth century. Belonging to the last wave of great Mannerism, his refined lyricism delighted the European courts. For Vignon, painting was the art of storytelling: each brush stroke brought stories and myths to life, offering his many patrons a glimpse of exotic lands.Paola Pacht Bassani, author of the artist's catalogue raisonné, dates the present painting to 1630-1640, a period that she describes as marking 'the apogee of his career' (P. Pacht Bassani, 1992, op. cit., p. 83). It was during this Parisian period of his... Read full biography
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CLAUDE VIGNON (1593-1670), THE DREAM OF DAPHNIS, OIL ON CANVASThis painting offers the viewer a chromatic feast, balancing pale and rich colours. This wealth of hues plays a large part in the poetry of the work of Claude Vignon (1593-1670), which enchanted the Parisian public in the seventeenth century. Belonging to the last wave of great Mannerism, his refined lyricism delighted the European courts. For Vignon, painting was the art of storytelling: each brush stroke brought stories and myths to life, offering his many patrons a glimpse of exotic lands.Paola Pacht Bassani, author of the artist's catalogue raisonné, dates the present painting to 1630-1640, a period that ...But wait, there's more...
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