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Recognized early for his talent, Hippolyte Flandrin became one of the most significant academic painters in mid-nineteenth-century France. Together with his brothers Auguste and Paul, he received his early artistic education in his birthplace Lyon, before moving to Paris to pursue his career. While securing a place in the studio of [Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres][1], Flandrin was determined to develop his own style. Winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1832 allowed him to spend five years at the French Academy in Rome, where he was deeply inspired by Byzantine and early Renaissance art. Upon his return to France, Flandrin began receiving prominent church commissions, through which he played a dominant role in the revival of religious painting in France. Flandrin also busied himself as a successful portraitist of the upper classes, who greatly admired the refined elegance, sober dignity, and polished execution of his likenesses. From the 1840s through the early 1860s, Flandrin regularly exhibited his portraits at the Salon, earning him widespread critical acclaim. Under the mounting pressure of his religious commissions, however, he died at only 55 years old, leaving several major decorative projects unfinished. [1]: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103K55
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Recognized early for his talent, Hippolyte Flandrin became one of the most significant academic painters in mid-nineteenth-century France. Together with his brothers Auguste and Paul, he received his early artistic education in his birthplace Lyon, before moving to Paris to pursue his career. While securing a place in the studio of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Flandrin was determined to develop his own style. Winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1832 allowed him to spend five years at the French Academy in Rome, where he was deeply inspired by Byzantine and early Renaissance art. Upon his return to France, Flandrin began receiving prominent church commissions, through which he played a dominant role in the revival of religious painting in France. Flandrin also busied himself as a successful portraitist of the upper classes, who greatly admired the refined elegance, sober dignity, and polished execution of his likenesses. From the 1840s through the early 1860s, Flandrin regularly exhibited his portraits at the Salon, earning him widespread critical acclaim. Under the mounting pressure of his religious commissions, however, he died at only 55 years old, leaving several major decorative projects unfinished.
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