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1702-1789 Swiss Jean Etienne Liotard Gallery He began his studies under Professor Gardelle and Petitot, whose enamels and miniatures he copied with considerable skill. He went to Paris in 1725, studying under J. B. Masse and François Lemoyne, on whose recommendation he was taken to Naples by the Marquis Puysieux. In 1735 he was in Rome, painting the portraits of Pope Clement XII and several cardinals. Three years later he accompanied Lord Duncannon to Constantinople. His eccentric adoption of oriental costume secured him the nickname of the Turkish painter. He went to Vienna in 1742 to paint the portraits of the imperial family. Still under distinguished patronage he returned to Paris. In 1744 he visited England, where he painted the princess of Wales in 1753, and went to Holland in 1756, where, in the following year, he married Marie Fargues. She also came from a Hugenot family, and wanted him to shave off his beard. Another visit to England followed in 1772, and in the next two years his name figures among the Royal Academy exhibitors. He returned to his native town in 1776. In 1781 Liotard published his Trait?? des principes et des r??gles de la peinture. In his last days he painted still lifes and landscapes. He died at Geneva in 1789. Liotard was an artist of great versatility, and though his fame depends largely on his graceful and delicate pastel drawings, of which La Liseuse, The Chocolate Girl, and La Belle Lyonnaise at the Dresden Gallery are delightful examples, he achieved distinction by his enamels, copperplate engravings and glass painting. He also wrote a Treatise on the Art of Painting, and was an expert collector of paintings by the old masters. Many of the masterpieces he had acquired were sold by him at high prices on his second visit to England. The museums of Amsterdam, Berne, and Geneva are particularly rich in examples of his paintings and pastel drawings. A picture of a Turk seated is at the Victoria and Albert Museum, while the British Museum owns two of his drawings. The Louvre has, besides twenty-two drawings, a portrait of Lieutenant General Hrault and a portrait of the artist is to be found at the Sala di pittori, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. While his son also married a Dutch girl, the Rijksmuseum inherited an important collection of his drawings and paintings.

Jean-Etienne Liotard The Chocolate Pot oil painting artist


Jean-Etienne Liotard The Chocolate Pot oil painting artist

The Chocolate Pot
Painting ID::  2453
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c1745


Jean-Etienne Liotard Marie-Adelaide of France in Turkish Dress oil painting artist


Jean-Etienne Liotard Marie-Adelaide of France in Turkish Dress oil painting artist

Marie-Adelaide of France in Turkish Dress
Painting ID::  2454
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1753 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Jean-Etienne Liotard Turkish Woman with a Tambourine (mk08) oil painting artist


Jean-Etienne Liotard Turkish Woman with a Tambourine (mk08) oil painting artist

Turkish Woman with a Tambourine (mk08)
Painting ID::  21926
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c.1738-1743 Oil on canvas, 63.5x48.5cm Geneva,Museee d'Art etd'Histoire


Jean-Etienne Liotard Portrait of Franqois Tronchin (mk08) oil painting artist


Jean-Etienne Liotard Portrait of Franqois Tronchin (mk08) oil painting artist

Portrait of Franqois Tronchin (mk08)
Painting ID::  21927
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1757 Pastel on parchment 37.5x46cm Geneva,Andre Giaudon collection


Jean-Etienne Liotard Dame franque vetue a la turque et sa servante (mk32) oil painting artist


Jean-Etienne Liotard Dame franque vetue a la turque et sa servante (mk32) oil painting artist

Dame franque vetue a la turque et sa servante (mk32)
Painting ID::  25150
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pastel sur parchemin 71 x 53 cm 1742-1743 Musee d'Art et d'Histoire,Geneve


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