Theodore Chasseriau

In English

French romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856). Was born in El Limón, Samaná, in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic).

His father Benoît Chassériau was a French adventurer, a former minister of Simon Bolivar in Colombia who, at the time of his birth held an administrative position in what was then a French colony. His mother was the daughter of a mulatto landowner, Maria Magdalena Couret de la Blagniére, who was born in Saint Domingue (later Haiti) but left with her parents to Santo Domingo when the Haitian revolution started, as at this time the eastern part of Hispaniola was a French colony due to the Treaty of Basel with Spain.

The family moved to Paris in 1821, where the young boy soon showed precocious drawing skill. 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. An account that may be apocryphal has Ingres declaring "Come, gentlemen, come see, this child will be the Napoleon of painting.”

After Ingres left Paris in 1834 to become director of the French Academy in Rome, he fell under the influence of Eugène Delacroix, whose brand of painterly colorism was anathema to Ingres. His art has often been characterized as an attempt to reconcile the classicism of Ingres with the romanticism of Delacroix. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1836, and was awarded a third place medal in the category of history painting. In 1840 travelled to Rome and met with Ingres, whose bitterness at the direction his student's work was taking led to a decisive break.

En español

Pintor romántico francés conocido por sus retratos, pinturas históricas y religiosas, murales alegóricos e imágenes orientalistas inspirados en sus viajes a Argelia (septiembre 20, 1819 hasta octubre 08, 1856). Nació en El Limón, Samaná, en la colonia Española de Santo Domingo (ahora la República Dominicana).

Su padre Benoît Chassériau fue un aventurero francés, ex ministro de Simón Bolívar en Colombia que, en el momento de su nacimiento celebró un puesto administrativo en lo que entonces era una colonia francesa. Su madre era hija de un terrateniente mulato, María Magdalena Couret de la Blagniére, que nació en Saint Domingue (Haití más tarde), pero se fue con sus padres a Santo Domingo cuando la revolución haitiana comenzó, como en este momento la parte oriental de La Española era una colonia francesa debido al Tratado de Basilea con España.

La familia se trasladó a París en 1821, donde el joven pronto mostró habilidad de dibujo precoz. Fue aceptado en el estudio de Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres en 1830, a la edad de once años, convirtiéndose en el alumno favorito del gran clasicista, que llegó a considerarlo como su discípulo más fiel. Una cuenta que puede ser apócrifa tiene Ingres declarando "Vamos, señores, venir a ver, este niño será el Napoleón de la pintura."

Después de Ingres abandonó París en 1834 para convertirse en director de la Academia de Francia en Roma, el cayó bajo la influencia de Eugène Delacroix, cuya marca de colorismo pictórico era anatema para Ingres. Su arte a menudo se ha caracterizado como un intento de reconciliar el clasicismo de Ingres con el romanticismo de Delacroix. Expuso por primera vez en el Salón de París en 1836, y fue galardonado con una medalla de tercer lugar en la categoría de la pintura de historia. En 1840 viajó a Roma y se reunió con Ingres, cuya amargura en la dirección de obra de su alumno estaba tomando llevó a una ruptura decisiva.

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