Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize
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Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize (1807–1893) was a French Romantic
painter of history painting
s and genre paintings.
and Eugène Devéria
and taught Paul-Maurice Duthoit and his son Pierre-Paul-Léon Glaize.
He had a considerable output, though of uneven quality. He was one of the great Romantic painters, marking his career with important history paintings and cycles of monumental religious painting in several churches in Paris and the provinces. The painting conserved in the church at Quesnoy-sur-Airaines
is doubtless one of his masterworks. Nevertheless, the critics of the era generally did not like his style, slightly profane in treating religious scenes, though Alfred Des Essarts praised his corpus's originality.
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
painter of history painting
History painting
History painting is a genre in painting defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait...
s and genre paintings.
Career
He studied under the painters Achille DevériaAchille Devéria
Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria was a French painter and lithographer. His father was a civil employee of the navy and student of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson and Louis Lafitte ....
and Eugène Devéria
Eugène Devéria
Eugène Francois Marie Joseph Devéria was a French Romantic painter of history paintings. He held to the taste for historic subjects that he painted according to the academic formulae of the time....
and taught Paul-Maurice Duthoit and his son Pierre-Paul-Léon Glaize.
He had a considerable output, though of uneven quality. He was one of the great Romantic painters, marking his career with important history paintings and cycles of monumental religious painting in several churches in Paris and the provinces. The painting conserved in the church at Quesnoy-sur-Airaines
Quesnoy-sur-Airaines
Quesnoy-sur-Airaines is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D936 road, some northwest of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* *...
is doubtless one of his masterworks. Nevertheless, the critics of the era generally did not like his style, slightly profane in treating religious scenes, though Alfred Des Essarts praised his corpus's originality.
Some works
- Portrait d'Alfred Bruyas dit Le Burnous - Auguste-Barthélémy Glaize - Musée Fabre-Montpellier
- L'Adoration des Bergers - d'Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize et du peintre ariègeois Louis Mercadier - Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-l' Assomption à VicdessosVicdessosVicdessos is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Vicdessos are called Vicdessosiens.-References:*...
. - Conversion de Marie-Madeleine - Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent de Nogent-sur-SeineNogent-sur-SeineNogent-sur-Seine is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.-Population:-Personalities:Camille Claudel lived in Nogent-sur-Seine with her family from 1876 to 1879....