Martin Drolling
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Martin Drolling was a French
painter. He was father to Michel Martin Drolling
, and to Louise-Adéone Drölling (1797 -1834), also known as Madame Joubert, one of the few successful female painters of the time.
, was born in 1752. He received his first lessons in art from an obscure painter of Schlestadt
, but afterwards went to Paris and entered the École des Beaux-Arts
. He gained a momentary celebrity by his 'Interior of a Kitchen,' painted in 1815, exhibited at the Salon of 1817, and now in the Louvre
. He usually painted interiors and familiar subjects of general interest. Although faulty in drawing and never above mediocrity, his works were popular during his lifetime, and many of them were engraved and lithographed
. He died in Paris in 1827. The Louvre has by him a 'Woman at a window ' and a 'Violin-Player.'
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter. He was father to Michel Martin Drolling
Michel Martin Drolling
Michel Martin Drolling was a neoclassic French painter , painter of history and portraitist.-Biographie:He was born in Paris. There he began painting under the supervision of his father, the painter Martin Drolling, then after 1806 he studied with Jacques Louis David. For his Colère of Achilles...
, and to Louise-Adéone Drölling (1797 -1834), also known as Madame Joubert, one of the few successful female painters of the time.
Biography
Martin Drolling, a native of Oberbergheim, near ColmarColmar
Colmar is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.It is the capital of the department. Colmar is also the seat of the highest jurisdiction in Alsace, the appellate court....
, was born in 1752. He received his first lessons in art from an obscure painter of Schlestadt
Sélestat
Sélestat is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.In 2006, Sélestat had a total population of 19,459. The Communauté de communes de Sélestat et environs had a total population of 35,397.-Geography:...
, but afterwards went to Paris and entered the École des Beaux-Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
. He gained a momentary celebrity by his 'Interior of a Kitchen,' painted in 1815, exhibited at the Salon of 1817, and now in the Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
. He usually painted interiors and familiar subjects of general interest. Although faulty in drawing and never above mediocrity, his works were popular during his lifetime, and many of them were engraved and lithographed
Lithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
. He died in Paris in 1827. The Louvre has by him a 'Woman at a window ' and a 'Violin-Player.'