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JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQlJE INGRES

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Stud,,, and "",h-

in Rom" &gim

,b, odali"llM uri"

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Studi" mill ""rh-

in Plorn/a

{{"ur'" to Fnma

Dirmor </ hroth

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In ,,,,,tinll"}

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portrai"

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Mad,kill<

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in Pari,

Louis.Frm,,-ois Bertin (tk'ail) (/812)

S,,,,,J in il ,impk chair agaiTl51 " Alh<T backdrop. B<rrin til.

/lJUntkr IVId t/irroor of tb, Journal des D<'b,,-<, 'PitlR"j=~ ,b,

lilm-Ill bourg""'" and mah/i,bmmt. Tbj'mp<rhly tklinw,d

por!rait it ",,,,jt/.,.,J '"""f,b. fimst of rb. ni"numb ""fUry IlfId

«"'Qimy a <TTJ;;:~ing QCbi"~,"m' by InKY"

J

ean_Aug",« DOl1unJ'l"" lngn::s ",ade hIS

reputation In I")<tr.;,,,,,,, although he

bc),c,,,d that hIS"'!) painting would bring

him losting r{"(,('gni.ioll. I h'ing won the l'tix <k:

Rome, he li,·,,1 in Italr ~" SL~"<"JUL"n re:lrS,

'{"turning nl Pa," in 1824. ThtTC he found little

in C""unOn ",i.h hi. F"'nch "..."e"~)o.-,,ies,

",ho h.d mc:tn",hile 'h",a,h,,1 the a"""phcre

of Romm.ici.m·. Ing'es C1l1ed hi' }'".mger

,i, .. I, Dd"e roix, ',he "po,tle of ugliness'. In

retalia,iuf), Dehc",ix deda,"] Ingres had '00

imagina,ion 31 .11'. Indeed, Ing,e. had nO

instinct ~" nart'l,i,,, and hi. Sct IMetts ,ufl',,. ~"

i •. Up do"', the", is a mOSS of info.-m.,iof) but

no {,(lnnccting energy.

He h,d a houtgt'n;. mentt~.y, and rL~ his

",nth "''':'al, as Ihuddai,e admi",,!, 'a dttl~J'

"'n'uoUS na,ure'. Thi. i. ",hy Ingres i, so

admi",!. IIi. IMcru",. a'" p.in,,,1 wi,h .mazing

phy,it .. li.y: and he ",Iishes c''''Y dett~ of h"

wc:tkhysittets' do.hes and ;'::",dle,y. A ,ul".,ne

cxaml~e i.Mad",", ,\fai_i"in h<:, no",lg"wn,

",hich ,,",l .wel", }'c:tts nl p,in'. lIe.-li,tle

,t.ugb"" ".,IS to h"'e been included in 'he

pOtn-,i" bu. she had grown up hy .he ,ime

Ingres finished.

Ingn:s "'bJmed to R,.ne as Di",ct,.o' of the

French Academy in 1834. Aw"y from 'he

COn'ttn' cri.ici'm in J>.ri., he un .. 't'lpl",1 hi.

nbu f,,< .c:tching. Like hi. own .ut,,,, David,

he "h"C1,ed dt'l"'ing abm" all: 'If I h,d nJ put

a sign "''', my do<,,-, I would wri,e "Sthml

"f Dra"'ing" and I'm certain ,ha' I ",nuld

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