Nicolas Poussin
1594 (Andelys) / 1665 (Rome)
"Drawing predominates in Poussin's painting: the precision of the outlines allows for a clear structure of the composition, isolating each of the figures and emphasizing the lines of perspective. Color is itself mimetic: it contributes, in the same way as drawing, to giving a "controlled" and rational representation of the world."
© Article, Rubens against Poussin, interview with Emmanuelle Delapierre, Art absolument n°9, summer 2004.
"Drawing predominates in Poussin's painting: the precision of the outlines allows for a clear structure of the composition, isolating each of the figures and emphasizing the lines of perspective. Color is itself mimetic: it contributes, in the same way as drawing, to giving a "controlled" and rational representation of the world."
© Article, Rubens against Poussin, interview with Emmanuelle Delapierre, Art absolument n°9, summer 2004.
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Artist's exhibitions
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Drapé. Degas, Christo, Michel-Ange, Rodin, Man Ray, Dürer…
30/11/2019 - 08/03/2020(Lyon) Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
Le Massacre des innocents, Poussin, Picasso, Bacon
11/09/2017 - 07/01/2018(Chantilly) Château de Chantilly
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Moïse – Figures d’un prophète
14/10/2015 - 21/02/2016(Paris) Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme
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Poussin et Dieu
02/04/2015 - 29/06/2015(Paris) Musée du Louvre
Plus d'expositions
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Francis Bacon, La chambre noire. La photographie, le film et le travail du peintre
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La beauté pour sacerdoce
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