. Dictionary of painters and engravers. rn in Paris in 1727. He studied atfirst under his father, Hubert Drouais, and thenbecame a pupil successively of Nonotte, Carle VanLoo, Natoire, and Boucher. He was received asan Academician in 1768 upon his portraits of thesculptors Coustou and liouchardoii, the formerof which is now at Versailles, and the latter in theKcole des Beaux-Arts. These led to his intro-duction to the court, where he painted portraits ofthe whole of the Royal Family, and of most ofthe celebrities and beauties of the period. He ex-hibited at the Salon from 1755 to 1775, in whic
. Dictionary of painters and engravers. rn in Paris in 1727. He studied atfirst under his father, Hubert Drouais, and thenbecame a pupil successively of Nonotte, Carle VanLoo, Natoire, and Boucher. He was received asan Academician in 1768 upon his portraits of thesculptors Coustou and liouchardoii, the formerof which is now at Versailles, and the latter in theKcole des Beaux-Arts. These led to his intro-duction to the court, where he painted portraits ofthe whole of the Royal Family, and of most ofthe celebrities and beauties of the period. He ex-hibited at the Salon from 1755 to 1775, in whichyear he died in Paris. The Louvre has by him apicture containing the portraits of the ComtodArtois, afterwards Charles X., and his sister,Madame Clotilde after\sards Queen of Sardinia,when children. The Museum of Orleans possessesbis charming portrait of Madame de Pompadour. DROUAIS, Hdbkrt, a French portrait painter,was born at La Roque, near Pont-Audemer inNormandy, in 1G99. lie at first studied at Rouen, Ik \\« ( Ms miu-ki DKouAis. AMtLlA. NINTH UAKONESS CUNVEKS iK.\N(,()is dkolais
Size: 1399px × 1786px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubject, booksubjectpainters
