French History Painter and Master Draftsman

Description

MAYER-MICHALON (Isabelle) [Preface by Jean-Pierre Cuzin]. Arthena, Deauville, 2008. Publisher's binding in full gray cloth cardboard under illustrated dust jacket. In-4° format (33 x 25 cm), 448 pages with 520 illustrations including 103 in color. A comprehensive monograph on Charles MEYNIER (1763-1832), a faithful student of François-André Vincent who achieved an official career beginning with the Prix de Rome in 1789, continuing under the Empire and the Restoration through Salon submissions and state commissions. The artist worked for major private collectors including Boyer-Fonfrède, Lucien Bonaparte, Marshal Berthier, and Count von Schönborn. As a history painter and masterful draftsman, Meynier created original subjects from rarely illustrated classical sources, demonstrating profound classical culture, deep study of Antiquity, and exceptional literary erudition. Fine copy.