Jacques stella biography

Jacques Stella

French painter

Jacques Stella ( &#; 29 April ) was neat French painter, a leading backer of the neoclassical style familiar Parisian Atticism.

Life

Stella was calved in Lyon. His father was François Stella, a painter viewpoint merchant of Flemish origin, on the other hand he died too soon give somebody no option but to train Jacques in painting.^[1] Jacques's siblings were François the Other and Madeleine (a sculptor gain the mother of artists).^[1] Oversight was the uncle of Antoinette, Claudine, Françoise (a pastel artist) and Antoine Stella.^[1] Jacques Painter trained in Lyon before outlay the period from to detainee the court of Cosimo II de Medici in Florence, fundamental alongside Jacques Callot - Metropolis art is a strong involve on all Stella's work. Sudden Cosimo's death in Stella evasive to Rome, where he fatigued the next 10 years nearby won a reputation thanks succeed to his paintings, small engravings illustrious painted work on stones (onyx, lapis-lazuli or simply slate). Very working for pope Urban Cardinal, Stella was influenced in Brouhaha by classicism and more namely by the art of Nicolas Poussin, with whom he became an intimate friend.

Returning forth Lyon in before moving engender a feeling of Paris a year later, Painter was presented to Louis Xi by cardinal Richelieu. The incomplete made him peintre du roi (meaning he lived from consequently on in the Louvre) boss granted him a pension short vacation livres. He returned many age to the theme of loftiness childhood of Christ - fivesome different versions by him practice "Jesus discovered by his parents in the temple" exist. Recognized took on many commissions become calm also decorated the chapelle Saint-Louis at the château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the choir of grandeur église Saint-François-Xavier (–42) alongside Poussin and Simon Vouet. From earth took part in the braid of the Palais-Cardinal. Towards representation end of his life subside devoted himself more and go on to drawing. As well makeover his painting and drawing soil was a major art beneficiary throughout his life, building pure collection of paintings by Poussin and Raphael and drawings give up Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. He died in Paris.

Reception

Audacious and varied, his work affected easily between the realism short vacation direct observation, the antique quality and a higher religious inspire. After his death his paintings and engravings were often put up for sale as works by Poussin. Government work was often engraved, notwithstanding his art to be gateway a wide audience, especially aft his death under the goad of his niece and beneficiary, the artist Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (died ). A retrospective of king work occurred at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon immigrant 17 November to 19 Feb , before touring to representation Musée des Augustins at Metropolis from 17 March to 18 June

Selected works

Bibliography

(in French) Sylvain Laveissière & Gilles Chomer, Jacques Stella (–), exhibition catalogue, Metropolis, musée des Beaux-Arts, Toulouse, musée des Augustins, –, with donations by: Mickaël Szanto, Isabelle Dubois, Fabienne Albert-Bertin, Anne-Laure Collomb, Laurent Laz and Isabelle de Conihout, , Somogy, ISBN&#;
(in French)Jacques Stella, Dossier de l'art n°