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The Fly Catcher

Date

1808

Creator

Isabelle Pinson

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

Especially noteworthy is a small gem of a genre painting entitled The Fly Catcher by a female artist practicing at the turn of the nineteenth century, a rarity during this period. Isabelle Pinson studied with important neoclassical academicians François-André Vincent (1746–1816) and Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and married André Pierre Pinson (1746–1828), an artist and anatomist who worked at the medical school of Paris. This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 in Paris and depicts a charming domestic scene with all the clarity and precision associated with the heroic neoclassical style. from Calendar of Events, January-August 2012

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Especially noteworthy is a small gem of a genre painting entitled The Fly Catcher by a female artist practicing at the turn of the nineteenth century, a rarity during this period. Isabelle Pinson studied with important neoclassical academicians François-André Vincent (1746–1816) and Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and married André Pierre Pinson (1746–1828), an artist and anatomist who worked at the medical school of Paris. This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 in Paris and depicts a charming domestic scene with all the clarity and precision associated with the heroic neoclassical style. from Calendar of Events, January-August 2012
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  • Especially noteworthy is a small gem of a genre painting entitled The Fly Catcher by a female artist practicing at the turn of the nineteenth century, a rarity during this period. Isabelle Pinson studied with important neoclassical academicians François-André Vincent (1746–1816) and Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and married André Pierre Pinson (1746–1828), an artist and anatomist who worked at the medical school of Paris. This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 in Paris and depicts a charming domestic scene with all the clarity and precision associated with the heroic neoclassical style. from Calendar of Events, January-August 2012
  • Especially noteworthy is a small gem of a genre painting entitled The Fly Catcher by a female artist practicing at the turn of the nineteenth century, a rarity during this period. Isabelle Pinson studied with important neoclassical academicians François-André Vincent (1746–1816) and Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and married André Pierre Pinson (1746–1828), an artist and anatomist who worked at the medical school of Paris. This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 in Paris and depicts a charming domestic scene with all the clarity and precision associated with the heroic neoclassical style. from Calendar of Events, January-August 2012
  • Especially noteworthy is a small gem of a genre painting entitled The Fly Catcher by a female artist practicing at the turn of the nineteenth century, a rarity during this period. Isabelle Pinson studied with important neoclassical academicians François-André Vincent (1746–1816) and Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and married André Pierre Pinson (1746–1828), an artist and anatomist who worked at the medical school of Paris. This painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1808 in Paris and depicts a charming domestic scene with all the clarity and precision associated with the heroic neoclassical style. from Calendar of Events, January-August 2012
Isabelle Pinson (French, 1769 - 1855)
1808
Paintings
Oil on canvas
2011.024.001
allegory
boys
Diptera
genre
windows
Raclin Murphy Museum: 116C
15 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (38.74 x 29.85 cm)
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr., ND ’41 and Edith Ingalls Vignos

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