Magdalena Bay c1841 by French Painter François-Auguste Biard (1799 – 1882); who’s artwork depicted scenes from the adventurous travels he was known to take all throughout his career.
Magdalena Bay depicts men washed ashore as their ship is crushed and sunken beneath the sea ice, lay in the snow in utter desperation as they face the inevitable in the cold dark Arctic with only a small amount of sunlight to brighten the sky.
Magdalena Bay is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image.
ข้อมูลด้านล่างจาก Wikipedia.org
Although François-Auguste Biard parents intended for him to join the clergy, he spent most of his time learning to paint, beginning at a wallpaper factory in Lyon.
ในท้ายที่สุด, he was able to attend the École des Beaux-Arts, where he worked with Pierre Révoil until 1818, then studied with Fleury François Richard, after he took over as Director.
His studies were, อย่างไรก็ตาม, sporadic and much was learned on his own. He is, therefore, often referred to as “self-taught”.
He also travelled to Italy, Greece and the Middle East. His first exhibition at the Salon in 1824 was well received.
ในปีเดียวกันนั้นเอง, the Archdiocese commissioned four paintings from Révoil’s former students, including Biard. ใน 1827, he travelled again, visiting Malta, Cyprus and Egypt.
He later obtained the support of the July Monarchy, which acquired several of his works. ใน 1838, he was decorated with the Legion of Honor.
ใน 1839, he participated in a scientific expedition, led by Joseph Paul Gaimard, that went to Spitsbergen and Lappland.
He was joined by his fiancée, the writer Léonie d’Aunet, who published an account of the trip in 1854, entitled Voyage d’une femme au Spitzberg.
His sketches served as inspiration for four large panels at the National Museum of Natural History.
Around 1858, he spent two years in Brazil, where he worked at the court of Emperor Pedro II.
Using Rio de Janeiro as a base, he made several excursions into the countryside and to the Amazon, where he was one of the first painters to depict the indigenous people.
He was offered a teaching position at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, but declined in favor of continuing his travels.
Before returning to France, he detoured through North America and painted some scenes depicting slavery.
ใน 1862, his account of his travels in Brazil, with 180 แกะสลัก, was published by Hachette under the title Deux années au Brésil.
งานศิลปะที่เกี่ยวข้องที่คุณอาจชอบ:
ปราสาท Muiden ในฤดูหนาว โดย Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraate – ความสนุกในฤดูหนาว
Romaine Asleep โดย Félix-Auguste Clément – ความงามของโรมันที่หลับใหล
การล่าสัตว์ใน Pontine Marshes โดย Horace Vernet – ความงามและความรุนแรงของธรรมชาติ
ราชินีหิมะเต้นรำบนน้ำแข็ง AI สร้างสรรค์ผลงานศิลปะโดย Xzendor7 – ความงามอันน่าหลงใหลบนน้ำแข็ง