Art, literature & historyBenoist Chassériau (1780-1844), père de l'artiste, alors consul de France à Saint-Thomas (Antilles)
Théodore Chassériau · 1832
Théodore Chassériau: 1819–1856
Other names (2)
Chasseriau, Theodore Chasseriau
Biography
Théodore Chassériau (French pronunciation: [teɔdɔʁ ʃaseʁjo]; Spanish: Teodoro Chasseriau; September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a Dominican-born French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria. Early in his career he painted in a Neoclassical style close to that of his teacher Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, but in his later works he was strongly influenced by the Romantic style of Eugène Delacroix. He was a prolific draftsman, and made a suite of prints to illustrate Shakespeare's Othello. The portrait he painted at the age of 15 of Prosper Marilhat makes Chassériau the youngest painter exhibited at the Louvre museum.
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Influenced by
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingreseditorial inference
Evidence
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Later influence
- Gustave Moreaueditorial inference
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Museums & collections
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- Musée du Louvre50 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago18 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art16 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art8 recorded works
- musée d'art Roger Quilliot — Clermont-Ferrand6 recorded works
- Musée d’Orsay5 recorded works
- MUDO - musée de l'Oise — Beauvais3 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Rouen2 recorded works
- musée des Beaux-Arts — Valenciennes2 recorded works
- musée Ingres Bourdelle — Montauban2 recorded works
- Musée de Grenoble1 recorded work
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Lille1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Rennes1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Tours1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Vannes1 recorded work
- musée de Tessé — Le Mans1 recorded work
- musée du vieux château — Laval1 recorded work
- The Cleveland Museum of Art1 recorded work
