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Théodore Chassériau (Septem– October 8, 1856) was a French romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria.He was accepted into the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1830, at the age of eleven, becoming the favorite pupil of the great classicist, who came to regard him as his truest disciple. Portrait of the Wife of Admiral Duperré and Her Daughtersįine Art Prints | Greeting Cards | Phone Cases | Lifestyle | Face Masks | Men's, Women' Apparel | Home Decor | jigsaw puzzles | Notebooks | Tapestries |. Portrait of Comtesse du Magnoncourt, née Mary de Tracy O Spartan dog, plate 15 from Othello, Act 5, Scene 2 Oh Oh Oh, plate 14 from Othello Act 5, Scene 2 Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory Macbeth and Banquo Encountering the Three Witches on the Heath Harem Scene, Moorish lady in the bathroom The Gaul Littavicus Betraying the Roman Cause Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingetorix Scene in the Jewish Quarter of Constantine Woman and Little Girl of Constantine with a Gazelle The texts of the essays and entries, as well as the extensive chronology, focus on the artist's personality, his professional and social milieu, and on the works themselves, thus providing an in-depth view of the state of the arts in France in the mid-19th century.Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Neireids

This volume presents more than 250 of Chasseriau's paintings, drawings and prints. His oeuvre includes Orientalist and religious paintings, scenes from Antiquity, and portraits, but he is best known for his ambitious decorative compositions for the churches of Paris and for the Cour des Comptes in the Palais d'Orsay.

Although his works fuse Ingres's linear precision with the lush colour and Romantic exoticism of Delacroix, they escape easy stylistic classification. A pupil and precocious disciple of Ingres, he also fell under the influence of Delacroix, and he left his mark on both the second generation of Romantic artists and their Symbolist successors. Theodore Chasseriau was one of the most sensual and intellectual painters of his time. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p.