Friday, April 14, 2023

 Théodore Chassériau
(1907 - 1998)


Théodore Chassériau (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. The portrait he painted at the age of 15 of Prosper Marilhat, makes Théodore Chassériau the youngest painter exhibited at the Louvre museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théodore_Chassériau

Le spectre de Banquo
1854 - 1855
Oil on wood
53,8 x 65,3 cm
Musée de Reims
https://musees-reims.fr/oeuvre/le-spectre-de-banquo

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