Biography
French artist Francois Bush was a representative of many genres that was working in the auspices of Favorite Madame de Pompadur. His legacy consists of cauldons, illustrations and objects of life, as well as ornamental paintings and sketches for royal manuff.Childhood and youth
The biography of the painter Francois Bush was associated with the end of the Baroque era, which, with French regent, Philip Orleans was replaced by classicism and rococo. The boy was born in Paris on September 29, 1703, and talent, discovered in childhood, said that he would go far.
Nicolas's father was considered an artist created patterns for needlework, and also had income from the sale of genre sketches and printed engravings. Coming out of infant age, the son took the place of the subset and tried to create his own sketches and landscapes written off from Nators.
The parent drew attention to the ability of the Sibling and sent to study to Francois Lemouan, who was a glorious representative of the French School of Fine Arts. Wheel 6 months spent with a mentor and mastered the drawing technique, but later recalled this time without gratitude and warm feelings.
In the District of 1720, the young Parisian became a student of Engraver, which made it possible to get out of his father's guardianship and began to make a living independently. Dating acquired during this period helped sell created works, and Francois began to fulfill orders, given each client caprication.
Gradually, the artist moved to the manufacture of illustrations for printed publications and became the designer of the "French History", which Gabriel Daniel wrote. Creating sketches, one of which was awarded award, Bush was improved in the art of graphics, preferring to use coal and pastel.
In 1723, the work sent to the academic contest allowed the young artist to go abroad and visit Rome. And although the Italian classical painting did not impress him, after returning to France, he wrote a number of thematic paintings.
Personal life
About the personal life and family of French painter information is extremely small, but it is known that he was combined with a marriage in 1733. His wife Mari-Jeanne Biazo was a very young resident of Paris, posing for a number of cloths, brought fame by the artist.Since there were no children from the spouses, Bath did with students, among whom Engraver Jean-Onor Fragonar became the most talented. He was recognized as a bright representative of Rococo style in the mills of Europe, and contemporaries noted that the mentor handed him his gift.
Painting
By 1730, Francois managed to become famous as a painter, creating interior works and scenery for the play "Perseus". By the same time it includes products from porcelain, sketches for manufactory tapestries, as well as the Rinaldo and Armida canvas, which has been stored in the National Museum.
In parallel with the small works of Francois, created monumental works, found a place in Versaille's apartments belonging to the royal family. Allegorical scenes on mythological plots, as well as portraits of rulers and court artist wrote in the traditional inherent style Rococo manner.
In the 1750s, becoming a professor of the Paris Royal Academy, Bush demonstrated the talent of Engraver, creating a series of thematic works, and he also wrote landscapes and pastoral, walking around the capital and transferring the surrounding beauty with the help of oil paints on canvas.
Portraits-states used very popular with the aristocrats, for whom a puppet person, as well as catchy saturated tones, were characterized. Now in the photo albums and catalogs you can see the "female head, or awakening", the image of the Marquis de Pompadour and the picture "Blond-haired Odalisk".
For the late period of creativity, Bush is characterized by color, for which he repeatedly exposed art criticism of those times. The latest works of the French painter belong to the "landscape with a fisherman and his friends", as well as decorative drawings in the medallions, which customers were placed above the table.
Now the paintings of the master Rococo found a place in the exhibition halls of the world: Louvre, the meeting of Wallace, Hermitage and the Museum of Cognac. "Landscape with hermit", "Jupiter and Kalisto", as well as "Hercules and Omfalu" can be seen in the collection of foreign arts near Gogol Boulevard in Moscow.
Death
The causes of the death of Francois Bush are not fixed in historical archives, but it was reported that it happened in Paris in 1770. Unfortunately, over time, the artist was forgotten, and his image of dumb against the background of classicists, but then the paintings spoke again, giving tribute to talent and skill.Paintings
- 1720 - "Artist in his workshop"
- 1731 - "Hercules and Omfal"
- 1733 - "Portrait Marie Buseo"
- 1732-1734 - "Abduction of Europe"
- 1736 - "Triumph Pan"
- 1741 - "Leda and Swan"
- 1742 - "Landscape with hermit"
- 1749 - "Summer Pastoral"
- 1751 - "Venus, disarming Cupid"
- 1753 - "Sunrise"
- 1756 - "Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour"
- 1762 - Pan and Sirring
- 1767 - "Pygmalion and Galatia"