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'''(André Jacques) Victor Orsel''' (25 May 1795, [[Oullins]], [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] - 30 November 1850, Paris) was a French painter. A student of [[Pierre Révoil]] in Lyon then of [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]] in Paris, he then spent 7 years at the [[villa Médicis]] in Rome ( |
'''(André Jacques) Victor Orsel''' (25 May 1795, [[Oullins]], [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] - 30 November 1850, Paris) was a French painter. A student of [[Pierre Révoil]] in Lyon then of [[Pierre-Narcisse Guérin]] in Paris, he then spent 7 years at the [[villa Médicis]] in Rome (1822–29), where he worked in the orbit of [[Johann Friedrich Overbeck|Overbeck]] and the [[Nazarene movement]], and copied the Italian 'primitives', leaving his own art with an archaising tendency. He died unmarried. |
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:« Le but que voulait Orsel, c'était l'expression morale. Il disait lui-même avec un rare bonheur d'expression qu'il voulait baptiser l'art grec. C'est à dire mettre de l'âme dans cette forme si belle, si tranquille, si heureusement sereine. Il fut non seulement un peintre chrétien parce que l'esprit le portait vers les sujets religieux, mais parce que l'âme chez lui était souveraine, qu'elle s'élevait, conduisait et fortifiait le sentiment de l'artiste en le maintenant dans sa foi. » |
:« Le but que voulait Orsel, c'était l'expression morale. Il disait lui-même avec un rare bonheur d'expression qu'il voulait baptiser l'art grec. C'est à dire mettre de l'âme dans cette forme si belle, si tranquille, si heureusement sereine. Il fut non seulement un peintre chrétien parce que l'esprit le portait vers les sujets religieux, mais parce que l'âme chez lui était souveraine, qu'elle s'élevait, conduisait et fortifiait le sentiment de l'artiste en le maintenant dans sa foi. » |
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== External links == |
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*{{fr icon}} [http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=saorsel&lang=fr;p=victor;n=orsel Genealogy] |
*{{fr icon}} [http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=saorsel&lang=fr;p=victor;n=orsel Genealogy] |
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| NAME = Orsel, Victor |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 25 May 1795 |
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[[Category:People from Oullins]] |
[[Category:People from Oullins]] |
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[[Category:French painters]] |
[[Category:French painters]] |
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Revision as of 13:02, 2 June 2012
(André Jacques) Victor Orsel (25 May 1795, Oullins, Rhône - 30 November 1850, Paris) was a French painter. A student of Pierre Révoil in Lyon then of Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in Paris, he then spent 7 years at the villa Médicis in Rome (1822–29), where he worked in the orbit of Overbeck and the Nazarene movement, and copied the Italian 'primitives', leaving his own art with an archaising tendency. He died unmarried.
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