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1819 El Limon, Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic) - 1856 Paris, France. Known for: Portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, Orientalist images.
Theodore Chasseriau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and... Read full biography
Theodore Chasseriau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist* images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical*... Read full biography
Theodore Chasseriau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist* images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical* style close to that of his teacher Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, but in his later works he was strongly influenced by the Romantic* style of Eugène Delacroix. He was a prolific draftsman, and made a... Read full biography
Theodore Chasseriau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist* images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical* style close to that of his teacher Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, but in his later works he was strongly influenced by the Romantic* style of Eugène Delacroix. He was a prolific draftsman, and made a suite of prints to illustrate Shakespeare's Othello. Chassériau was born in El Limón, Samaná, in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). His father Benoît Chassériau was a French adventurer who had arrived in Santo Domingo in... Read full biography
Theodore Chasseriau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist* images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical* style close to that of his teacher Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, but in his later works he was strongly influenced by the Romantic* style of Eugène Delacroix. He was a prolific draftsman, and made a suite of prints to illustrate Shakespeare's Othello. Chassériau was born in El Limón, Samaná, in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). His father Benoît Chassériau was a French adventurer who had arrived in Santo Domingo in 1802 to take an administrative position in what was until 1808 a French colony Theodore's mother, Maria Magdalena Cour... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
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Art Style
Art Subject
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Romanticism, Idealism, Nostalgia