Nicolas Poussin- 1594 – 1665

Nicolas Poussin- 1594 – 1665

Nicolas Poussin was born at Les Andelys in Normandy and first trained in Rouen. From 1612 he lived in Paris and in 1624 travelled via Venice to Rome, where he stayed for most of his life.

His sensuous early canvases such as ‘The Nurture of Bacchus’, reflect 16th-century Venetian art, especially that of Titian. He studied antique remains and his art reflects both this and an appreciation of Raphael. Poussin read ancient writers such as Ovid and attempted to recreate ancient myth and history in his works.

Poussin mainly painted easel paintings for private patrons. His larger works for Louis XIII, made from 1640 to 1642 on his return to Paris, were less successful. His scholarly patrons in Rome and Paris included Cassiano dal Pozzo and the notable art collector, Cardinal Richelieu.

Poussin sketched in the Campagna, the countryside around Rome, with Claude, and from the late 1630s began to paint landscapes. He brought a powerful discipline to the composition of his paintings, which enhanced the solemnity of their subjects. In his later years he developed an intensely personal style in his religious and allegorical works.

1)The Inspiration Of The Poet 1629  2)The Infant Jupiter Nurtured By The Goat Almathea

 3) The Finding Of Moses  4)Landscape With the Ashes Of Phocion 1648

 

5) Landscape With Pyramus And Thisbe 1651 6) Coriolanus Entreated by His Wife And His Mother c1652-53 7) Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice 1650-53

 

8)Death of the Virgin 1623 9) The Assumption of the Virgin 1649 10) Saint Paul’s ascension to heaven 1649

 

11) The Crossing of the Red Sea 1634 12) The Judgment of Solomon 1649 13)The Return from Egypt 1632

 

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Nicolas Poussin 17th Century Classical painter

https://www.nicolas-poussin.com/en/

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/arts/design/15pous.html

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice

http://www.aaronartprints.org/poussin-landscapewithorpheusandeurydice.php

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice (1650-1653)

https://www.nicolas-poussin.com/en/works/landscape-orpheus-eurydice/

List of paintings by Nicolas Poussin

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

A Passion For Nicolas Poussin

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/feb/14/nicolas-poussin

Why Poussin’s Golden Calf was a sitting duck at the National Gallery

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/jul/18/poussin-golden-calf-national-gallery-security

Nicolas Poussin (1595 – 1665)

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/nicolas-poussin

The Triumph Of David 1631–1633 

Nicolas Poussin (1595 – 1665)