Jean-Gaspard Heilmann
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Jean-Gaspard Heilmann | |
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 Autoportrait en costume d'apparat | |
| Born | Jean-Gaspard Heilmann 1718 |
| Died | 27 September 1760 (aged 41–42) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | First painter of king Louis XV |
Jean-Gaspard Heilmann[needs German and French IPA] (c. 1718 – 27 September 1760) was an 18th-century French painter, author of popular landscapes, historical scenes and fine portraits.[1] He was the first Mulhouse painter who enjoyed a certain notoriety in Paris.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Mulhouse, from a Mulhouse family documented since the 16th century,[3] an orphan at a very young age, he was formed in Schaffhausen by the painter Hans Deggeller, then at Basel (Switzerland).
Noticed by the cardinal of Tencin,[4] he followed him to Rome and executed many commissions for him. The French Ambassador to Rome took him to Paris in 1742.[5] Heilmann lived there until his death and connected with the engraver Jean-Georges Wille and François Boucher, first painter of king Louis XV.
He died in Paris in 1760 at the age of 42.
Selected works
[edit]- Portrait de femme (oil), 1748, Musée Magnin in Dijon
- Portrait d'homme et son pendant Portrait de femme (1749), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
- Sous-bois (drawing), Musée Bonnat in Bayonne
- Autoportrait en costume d'atelier (oil), Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse
- Autoportrait en costume d'apparat (oil), c. 1750, Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse
- Deux natures mortes, Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse
References
[edit]- ^ "Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse : Collections alsaciennes, p. 3" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ Musée des beaux-arts de Mulhouse, plaquette, Musées Mulhouse Sud Alsace, p. 10
- ^ Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, article by Raymond Oberlé, issue No 16, p. 1480
- ^ La Bourgeoisie alsacienne : études d'histoire sociale (preface by Jean Schlumberger, illustrations by Paul Spindler, Istra, Strasbourg, 1967, p. 256
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Bibliography
[edit]- Johann Kaspar Füssli, Histoire des meilleurs peintres de la Suisse, Zurich, 1755–1756, vol. 3, p. 196
- Ernest Meininger, Les anciens artistes-peintres et décorateurs mulhousiens jusqu'au XIXe siècle. Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de l'art à Mulhouse, 1908, reissued at Nabu Press in 2010 ISBN 978-1143477645; full original text online [1], numerous biographical references
- Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, article by Raymond Oberlé, issue No 16, p. 1480
External links
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- Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes, vol. 19, Desplaces, Paris, 1843-18..., p. 49
- J. Caspar Heilmann (18th century engraving in intaglio, on the website of the Institut national d'histoire de l'art)
- This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne : histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes, Desplaces, Paris, 1843-18..., p. 49
- Œuvres dans les collections des musées d'art et d'histoire de la ville de Genève
