Jean-Charles Tardieu
| Jean-Charles Tardieu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 September 1765 Paris, France |
| Died |
3 April 1830 (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
Jean-Charles Tardieu, also called "Tardieu-Cochin" (3 September 1765 – 3 April 1830) was a successful French painter during the ages of Napoleon and of the Bourbon Restoration. His work was primarily historical, but also included landscapes, portraits and religious subjects.
Biography
Jean-Charles Tardieu was born on 3 September 1765 in Paris, son of Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu and Elisabeth Claire Tournay.[1] His father and his grandfather, Nicolas-Henri Tardieu, were both members of the Academy and the King's engravers.[2] His father's cousin was the engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin, who left him a small legacy when he died in 1790.[3] Cochin also treated him as a sort of pupil and gave him advice. He was formally placed under Jean-Baptiste Regnault for his artistic training.[1] He failed to get the Grand Prix de Rome, but the second prize of the Prix de Rome was awarded to him in 1790.[4] His father died on 9 July 1791.[5]
A passionate artist with great skill in composition, Tardieu exhibited in various salons, and achieved considerable success.[6] He took part in a number of exhibitions in the Louvre between 1806 and 1823.[2] In 1808 he was granted a housing allowance.[4] The great majority of his works were bought by the government or commissioned by the government.[2]
Tardieu had excellent connections and seems to have been fully employed during the reigns of Napoleon, Louis XVIII and Charles X of France. Several of his works were bought for the house of the latter sovereign.[7] He made a large number of tableaux for the government, which were placed in the Luxembourg, Versailles, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau and Compiègne palaces and also at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon, Rouen Cathedral, Nîmes Cathedral and Lons-le-Saulnier Cathedral.[2]
In his later years, Tardieu worked on religious tableaux and landscapes.[4] Tardieu died in Paris on 3 April 1830.[1] His son Jules-Romain Tardieu was born in Rouen on 28 January 1805. Jules was to become a connoisseur of the arts and letters, a writer, publisher and bookseller, and a member of the Academy of Caen.[8]
Œuvres
Tardieu-Cochin's work was primarily historical.[9] He often took classical and poetic subjects. He also made copies of several paintings of saints by Philippe de Champaigne that were commissioned by the king's house.[2] Almost all his works are held in public collections including, among others, those in the Rouen Cathedral, and in the museums of Besançon, Le Havre, Marseille and Versailles.[7] Among the most successful are Halte en Égypte, Jean Bart à la cour, la Conversion du duc de Joyeuse, Frédéric-Guillaume chez le grand Frédéric, Louis XVIII à Mittau et l’Aveugle au marché des Innocents.
Paintings
Some of the more notable of Tardieu's paintings:[2]
| Year | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1806 | La Mort du Corrège | |
| 1808 | Napoléon reçoit la reine de Prusse à Tilsitt. 6 juillet 1807 | Versailles |
| 1810 | Un officier français faisant soigner un prisonnier arabe après le siège de Benhout | |
| 1810 | Un jeune homme entre le vice et la vertu | |
| 1812 | Narocki, polonais, âgé de 117 ans, est présenté à Napoleon, qui lui faite une pension | |
| 1812 | Halte de l’armée française à Syène, en Égypte. 2 février 1799 | Versailles |
| 1814 | Frédéric-Guillaume chez le grand Frédéric | |
| 1814 | Une scène du marché des Innocents | Paris, Musée du Louvre |
| 1817 | Louis XVIII fait une rosiere a Mitau | |
| 1817 | Jean Bart à la cour de Versailles | Paris, Musée du Louvre |
| 1817 | Le Cri de l’innocence | |
| 1819 | Clio inspirée à la vue dit buste de Louis XVIII | Versailles |
| 1819 | La Conversion du duc de Joyeuse | Meaux, Musée Bossuet |
| 1819 | Suzanne au bain | Le Havre, Musée d'Art Moderne André Malraux |
| 1819 | Une famille de Centaures | |
| 1822 | Allégorie sur la naissance du duc de Bordeaux | Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen |
| 1822 | Trait de clémence de Louis XII | |
| 1822 | La Samaritaine | Rouen Cathedral |
Other notable works include:[2]
- Ulysse reconnu par Euryclée, Marseille, Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille
- Agamède et Trophonius
- Jésus-Christ chez Marthe et Marie
- Première messe de saint Vincent de Paul
- Un veuf au tombeau de fa femme
- Les Bacchanales
In addition, public collections hold the following:
- Bienfaisance de Napoleon 1er envers Marocwi, vieillard polonais de 117 ans qui lui est présenté, Palace of Versailles
- Halte d’Henri IV en forêt après la bataille d’Ivry, 1802 ou 1807, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Château de Pau
- Halte d’Henri IV en forêt, Pau, Musée national du château de Pau
- Henri IV devant Paris. Aout 1590, Versailles
- Henri IV fait distribuer des vivres pendant le siège de Paris en aout 1590, Versailles
- La Clémence de Louis XII en avril 1498, Versailles
- La Justification de Suzanne, Toulouse, Musée des Augustins ;
- Le roi Louis XVIII en exil à Mittau y couronne la rosière, 1799, Versailles
- Sully aux pieds d’Henri IV, Pau, Musée national du château de Pau
- Trophenius et Agamède, Besançon Museum
Gallery
Joseph Recognized by His Brothers, 1788
Napoléon reçoit la reine de Prusse à Tilsit, 1808
Une Scene du Marche des Innocents, 1814. Paris: Musée du Louvre département des Peintures
Louis XVIII couronne la rosière de Mittau. 1799, 1817
Halte d'Henri IV en forêt. Pau: Musée national du château de Pau
Sully aux pieds d'Henri IV. Pau: Musée national du château de Pau
La Clemence de Louis XII. Avril 1498. Versailles: musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
References
Citations
- 1 2 3 Mariette, Chennevières & Montaiglon 1856, p. 67.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gabet 1831, p. 646.
- ↑ Cochin 1880, p. 148.
- 1 2 3 Gabet 1831, p. 647.
- ↑ Mariette, Chennevières & Montaiglon 1856, p. 64.
- ↑ Mariette, Chennevières & Montaiglon 1856, p. 68.
- 1 2 Bryan 1889, p. 552.
- ↑ Travers 1874, p. 310ff.
- ↑ Weiss & Lepin 1972, p. 288.
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