Hubert Robert
The Ponte Salario, c. 1775
oil on canvas
overall: 91.3 x 121 cm (35 15/16 x 47 5/8 in.)
framed: 116.2 x 146.1 x 9.2 cm (45 3/4 x 57 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Hubert Robert retrospective at NGA Washington ‘Hubert Robert, 1733–1808’ is the first monographic exhibition in the United States on the artist as well as the first exhibition to survey his achievements as both a painter and a draftsman. National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 26 – October 2, 2016.]]>
Source: National Gallery of Art, Washington
More than 100 paintings and works on paper showcase his talents: he was a masterly landscape painter, a gifted and prolific draftsman, an engaging printmaker, and an acute chronicler of some of the major events of the day. The recipient of important royal and aristocratic commissions, including many from Russia, Robert was also the first Keeper of Paintings at the Musée du Louvre.
“Because of Robert’s longevity and enormous public popularity, he is mentioned in all standard reference texts on the 18th century. However, no catalogue raisonné of either his paintings or his drawings has been written. Robert’s overall production was far richer and more varied than has generally been recognized on this side of the Atlantic and we are delighted that this project will bring new recognition to an artist whose importance in his own time was considerable and whose artistic range and accomplishments deserve to be better known,” said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art.
“Hubert Robert, 1733–1808” is installed in chronological sections that correspond to key periods in his life: Robert’s 11 years in Rome; his official successes and major commissions after his return to Paris in 1765, including his work as a garden designer; new themes inspired by his personal experience of Paris, including scenes of urban construction and destruction; the French Revolution and his own imprisonment; and his post-revolutionary involvement with the creation of the new museum of art in the Louvre.
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