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1590 Paris, France - 1649 Paris, France. Known for: Christian religious figure and portrait painting, pastel and chalk drawing.
Simon Vouet, (born January 9, 1590, Paris, France—died June 30, 1649, Paris), painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque* style of painting into France. Vouet formed his style in Italy, where he... Read full biography
Simon Vouet, (born January 9, 1590, Paris, France—died June 30, 1649, Paris), painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque* style of painting into France. Vouet formed his style in Italy, where he lived from 1612 to 1627. The use of dramatic contrasts of light and shade seen in such early works as... Read full biography
Simon Vouet, (born January 9, 1590, Paris, France—died June 30, 1649, Paris), painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque* style of painting into France. Vouet formed his style in Italy, where he lived from 1612 to 1627. The use of dramatic contrasts of light and shade seen in such early works as his Two Lovers indicates that he began in Rome as a follower of Caravaggio. Works done after 1620, however, such as St. Bruno (1620) and Cupid and Psyche (1637), display more idealized figures,... Read full biography
Simon Vouet, (born January 9, 1590, Paris, France—died June 30, 1649, Paris), painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque* style of painting into France. Vouet formed his style in Italy, where he lived from 1612 to 1627. The use of dramatic contrasts of light and shade seen in such early works as his Two Lovers indicates that he began in Rome as a follower of Caravaggio. Works done after 1620, however, such as St. Bruno (1620) and Cupid and Psyche (1637), display more idealized figures, betraying the influence of Guido Reni, Il Guercino, and Domenichino, who painted in the classical Baroque* style of the school of Bologna. Vouet’s Time Vanquished (1627) breaks with the tenebrism* of Caravaggio, using the more evenly diffused white light... Read full biography
Simon Vouet, (born January 9, 1590, Paris, France—died June 30, 1649, Paris), painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque* style of painting into France. Vouet formed his style in Italy, where he lived from 1612 to 1627. The use of dramatic contrasts of light and shade seen in such early works as his Two Lovers indicates that he began in Rome as a follower of Caravaggio. Works done after 1620, however, such as St. Bruno (1620) and Cupid and Psyche (1637), display more idealized figures, betraying the influence of Guido Reni, Il Guercino, and Domenichino, who painted in the classical Baroque* style of the school of Bologna. Vouet’s Time Vanquished (1627) breaks with the tenebrism* of Caravaggio, using the more evenly diffused white light that characterizes his later style. He returned to Paris in 1627 at the request of L... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Style
- •Baroque Italian Painting Style
Art Subject
- •Christian Religious Images: Saints, Angels, Nativity, Jesus