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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Influenced by Watteau, and with a general interest in eighteenth century paintings, particularly the genre of the fête galantes, Monticelli is known for his association with the revival of Rococo style in France in the nineteenth century. He earned his living by panting portraits, still-lifes and theatrical figurative subjects set in park scenes. These were usually painted in rich colours, using thick impasto paint, producing almost distorted figurative images that were not always understood by collectors. Colour, surface texture and subject matter were of equal importance to him, as this work demonstrates. The subject of Pompeii was used by Monticelli in at least two other paintings: Vésuve ou Scène Fantastique (Collection d'Andoque), and Pompeii (ex Collection Chave). Praised by contemporaries such as Van Gogh and Cézanne, Monticelli's work can be seen in numerous art collections worldwide. | Subjects: | history; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Monticelli, Adolphe Joseph Thomas (French painter, 1824-1886) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8519... | Go to resource |
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