- Antoine Chintreuil
Antoine Chintreuil (
May 15 1814 –August 8 1873 ) was a French landscape painter.He was born in
Pont-de-Vaux ,Ain and grew up inBresse . In 1838 he moved toParis , where he began studying underPaul Delaroche in 1842. The following year he met Corot, who influenced him profoundly by encouraging him to paint landscapeen plein air .Art historian Athena S. E. Leoussi suggests that Chintreuil's work can be divided into three periods: From c. 1846–1850 he painted Paris and its surroundings, particularly
Montmartre ; from 1850–1857 he lived inIgny and frequently painted inBarbizon , and from 1857 on he lived and worked in La Tournelle-Septeuil in theSeine valley. During this final period his work reached its fullest development, and he achieved critical recognition.In the breadth and simplicity of his execution, and in his attention to capturing light and atmosphere, Chintreuil can be placed alongside
Eugène Boudin ,Johan Barthold Jongkind , and the painters of theBarbizon school , as an important forerunner ofImpressionism .He died in
Septeuil ,Seine-et-Oise in 1873.References
*Turner, J. (2000). "From Monet to Cézanne: late 19th-century French artists". Grove Art. New York: St Martin's Press. (p. 93) ISBN 0-312-22971-2
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