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Constant Troyon
Constant Troyon, August 28, 1810 – February 21, 1865, was a French painter associated with the Barbizon School. Although he began his career as a landscape painter, he became one of the nineteenth century’s leading animal painters, especially renowned for his depictions of cattle and pastoral life.
Born in Sèvres, Troyon initially painted porcelain for the Sèvres manufactory before turning to landscape painting. Influenced by the forests of Fontainebleau and by Dutch seventeenth-century animal painters, he combined carefully observed landscapes with powerful studies of cattle, sheep, and rural labor. His paintings were widely admired during his lifetime and received medals at the Paris Salon and the Exposition Universelle.
Today Troyon’s work is represented in major museums including the Musée d’Orsay, the Louvre Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Walters Art Museum, the Clark Art Institute, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His paintings remain among the finest examples of the Barbizon School’s celebration of the French countryside.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, August 29, 1780 – January 14, 1867, was a French painter, draftsman, and portraitist. Born in Montauban, he was trained first by his father, Jean-Marie-Joseph Ingres, and later studied in Toulouse before entering the studio of Jacques-Louis David in Paris.
Ingres worked in history painting, portraiture, and mythological subjects, and was associated with the neoclassical tradition. He won the Prix de Rome in 1801, lived for long periods in Rome and Florence, and later served as director of the French Academy in Rome.
His pupils included Théodore Chassériau, Hippolyte Flandrin, and Amaury-Duval. His work is held by the Louvre Museum, the Musée Ingres Bourdelle, the Condé Museum, the Frick Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Uffizi Gallery
