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Historical Artist - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867)
At the encouragement of his artist father, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres moved to Paris in 1797
to study under David. It was during this stage in his career that Ingres adopter the
Neo-classical style of his mentor and his influence, engraver John Flaxmann. He won the Prix de
Rome in 1801, and afterwards was a sought-after portrait artist. Ingres’ work after 1806
in Italy was a blend of Classical style with Romantic subject matter. Although he considered
himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David,
by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized
as his greatest legacy. A man profoundly respectful of the past, he assumed the role of a
guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis
Eugène Delacroix.
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