Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
| Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre by Guillaume Voiriot | |
| Born | 6 March 1714 |
| Died | 15 May 1789 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Administrator |
Vieillard (1739). Etching by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre from a series entitled Figures drawn from nature from the lower classes of Rome.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (Paris, 6 March 1714 - Paris, 15 May 1789) was a French painter, draughtsman and administrator.
Life
He was a student of Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and painted a self-portrait in 1732. From 1770 to 1789 he was Premier peintre du Roi.
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre's students included Étienne-Louis Boullée, Louis-Jacques Durameau, Nicolas-René Jollain, Friedrich Reclam, Étienne de La Vallée Poussin, Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, Antoine Vestier, Jean-Baptiste Tierce, and Hughes Taraval.
Gallery
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Old man in a kitchen (c. 1745)
Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg. -
The Seasons (1749)
Musée historique lorrain, Nancy. -
The Rape of Europa (1750)
Dallas Museum of Art.
Bibliography
- Nicolas Lesur & Olivier Aaron, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre 1714-1789 Premier peintre du roi, Paris, Arthena, 2009, ISBN 978-2-903239-41-1
- Marc Furcy-Raynaud, Correspondance de M. d'Angiviller avec Pierre, J. Schemit, Paris, 2 volumes, 1905–07
- Olivier Aaron, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, 1714-1789, Cahiers du Dessin Français, issue 9, Galerie de Bayser, Paris ; Ars Libri, Boston, 1993
- Christian Michel, Charles-Nicolas Cochin et l'art des Lumières, École française de Rome, Rome, 1993 (Contains Pierre's letter on the causes of the decadence in the art of France)
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