Letters, 1897-1925.

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Letters, 1897-1925.

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In a letter to a patron (1897), Jeanniot inquires when she may show her design. A letter of 1910 to Thadée Natanson discusses paintings by Maurice Lobre that are for sale. A letter of 1925 is a brief response to an enquête, addressing such issues as the possibility of artistic novelty, whether art can be taught, the need for a theory of the decorative arts, and the nature of expressiveness - with some detailed comments on Rembrandt and Raphael in the last regard.

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Raphaël, 1483-1520

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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop and, despite his early de...

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669

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Lobre, Maurice, 1862-1951

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Jeanniot, Pierre-Georges, 1848-1934

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Painter of portraits and genre scenes, also an esteemed designer and book illustrator born in Geneva. He was a disciple of his father, Pierre-Alexandre, the director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Dijon. An army officer, he resigned in 1881 and started exhibiting his works regularly at the Salon in Paris. He wrote this text at the age of 77. From the description of Criticism of the new orientation of arts in France, 1925 December 5. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 824...