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==Life== |
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Corneille was born in [[Paris]], the son of an artist, [[Michel Corneille the Elder]] of Orléans, and on this account is sometimes called the "younger Michel". He is also and more commonly known as the "elder Corneille" (Corneille l'Aîné), to distinguish him from a younger brother, [[Jean-Baptiste Corneille]], also a painter. His father was the first and the most indefatigable of his teachers; his other masters were [[Pierre Mignard]] and the celebrated [[Charles |
Corneille was born in [[Paris]], the son of an artist, [[Michel Corneille the Elder]] of Orléans, and on this account is sometimes called the "younger Michel". He is also and more commonly known as the "elder Corneille" (Corneille l'Aîné), to distinguish him from a younger brother, [[Jean-Baptiste Corneille]], also a painter. His father was the first and the most indefatigable of his teachers; his other masters were [[Pierre Mignard]] and the celebrated [[Charles Le Brun]]. Devoting himself wholly to [[historical painting]], Michel won the Academy Prize and went to [[Rome]] on the king's pension; but feeling his genius hampered by the restrictions of the prize, he gave up the money so that he might study the antique in his own way. Coming under the then powerful influence of the [[Eclecticism|Eclectics]], he studied with the [[Accademia degli Incamminati|Carracci]] and modelled his style on theirs. In 1663 he returned to Paris and was elected a member of the [[Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture|Royal Academy]], his picture on entering being "Our Lord's Appearance to St. Peter after His Resurrection". In 1673 he became an adjunct, and, in 1690, a full, professor in the Academy. |
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Corneille painted for the king at [[Versailles]], [[Meudon]], and [[Fontainebleau]], and decorated in [[fresco]] many of the great Paris churches, notably [[Notre |
Corneille painted for the king at [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], [[Meudon]], and [[Palace of Fontainebleau|Fontainebleau]], and decorated in [[fresco]] many of the great Paris churches, notably [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame]], the church of the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchins]], and the chapel of Saint-Grégoire in the [[Invalides]]. His style, reminiscent of the old masters, is the conventional style of the Eclectics; his drawing is remarkably careful and exact, the expression on the faces of his religious subjects is dignified and noble, the management of [[chiaroscuro]] excellent, and the composition harmonious, but suggestive of the Venetian School. From his insufficient knowledge of the composition of [[pigment]]s, the colour in many of his pictures has suffered such a change that it is today disagreeable; but the artist possessed a good colour-sense, and contemporary records go to prove that his colour was refined and pleasing. He etched and engraved over a hundred plates in a bold and free style, for he was a master of the line; but he subsequently spoiled the effect by too much and too precise work with the engraver.{{Clarify|date=May 2009}} A dishonest dealer put Raphael's name on some of Michel Corneille's plates, and for a long time no one disputed their attribution to the great master. For many years Corneille resided at the [[Gobelins Manufactory]], and was sometimes called "Corneille des Gobelins". He died in the manufactory in 1708. |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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Among his paintings are a "Repose in Egypt", now in the Louvre, and a "Baptism of Constantine", in the museum at Bordeaux. Among his more important etched and engraved works are: "The Nativity"; "Flight into Egypt"; "Abraham journeying with Lot" (wrongly ascribed to Raphael), and "Jacob wrestling with the Angel", a plate after Annibale Carracci. |
Among his paintings are a "Repose in Egypt", now in the Louvre, and a "Baptism of Constantine", in the museum at Bordeaux. Among his more important etched and engraved works are: "The Nativity"; "Flight into Egypt"; "Abraham journeying with Lot" (wrongly ascribed to Raphael), and "Jacob wrestling with the Angel", a plate after Annibale Carracci. |
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==Bibliography== |
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* {{cite encyclopedia|last=Bender|first=Ewald|author-link=:de:Ewald Bender|editor-last=Thieme|editor-first=Ulrich|editor-link=Ulrich Thieme|date=1912|url=https://archive.org/details/allgemeineslexik07thie/page/424/mode/1up|title=Corneille, Michel oder Michel Ange|encyclopedia=[[Thieme-Becker|Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler]]|language=de|volume=7|location=Leipzig|publisher=E. A. Seemann|page=424|oclc=1039490042|via=the [[Internet Archive]]}} |
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* {{Cite book|last=Bénézit|first=Emmanuel|author-link=Emmanuel Bénézit|title=[[Benezit Dictionary of Artists]]|publisher=Gründ|year=2006|isbn=2-7000-3073-7|volume=3|location=Paris|pages=[https://archive.org/details/benezitdictionar03bene/page/1403/mode/1up 1403–1404]|orig-year=first published in French in 1911–1923|via=the [[Internet Archive]]}} |
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* {{cite encyclopedia|last=Blumer|first=Marie-Louise|editor-last=Roman d'Amat|editor-first=Jean-Charles|display-editors=etal|date=1961|title=Corneille (Michel)|encyclopedia=Dictionnaire de biographie française|language=fr|volume=9|location=Paris|publisher=Letouzey et Ané|at=cols. 676–678}} |
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*{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Corneille|date=1996|encyclopedia=[[Grove Art Online|The Dictionary of Art]]|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries|location=New York|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofart0007unse/page/863/mode/1up|last=Parmantier-Lallement|first=Nicole|editor-last=Turner|editor-first=Jane|volume=7|pages=863–864|isbn=1-884446-00-0|via=the Internet Archive}} |
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* {{cite encyclopedia|last=Raimbault|first=Christine|date=1999|title=Corneille, Michel (gen. Michel II bzw. l'aîne; Michel-Ange)|url=https://archive.org/details/allgemeineskunst0000unse/page/228/mode/2up|editor-last=Kasten|editor-first=Eberhard|display-editors=etal|encyclopedia=[[Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon]]|volume=21|language=de|location=München, Leipzig|publisher=Saur|pages=228–229|isbn=3-598-22761-2|via=the Internet Archive}} |
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*Mémoires inédits sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'Académie royale de peinture (Paris, 1884) |
*Mémoires inédits sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'Académie royale de peinture (Paris, 1884) |
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*Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (Berlin, 1870) |
*Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (Berlin, 1870) |
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*DURRIEN, La peinture à l'exposition de primitifs français (Paris, 1904). |
*DURRIEN, La peinture à l'exposition de primitifs français (Paris, 1904). |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[France|French]] historical [[Painting|painter]], [[etcher]], and [[engraver]] |
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|DATE OF BIRTH= c. 1642 |
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|DATE OF DEATH= 1708 |
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Michel Corneille the Younger (1642, Paris – 16 August 1708, Gobelins manufactory at Paris) was a French painter, etcher and engraver.
Life
[edit]Corneille was born in Paris, the son of an artist, Michel Corneille the Elder of Orléans, and on this account is sometimes called the "younger Michel". He is also and more commonly known as the "elder Corneille" (Corneille l'Aîné), to distinguish him from a younger brother, Jean-Baptiste Corneille, also a painter. His father was the first and the most indefatigable of his teachers; his other masters were Pierre Mignard and the celebrated Charles Le Brun. Devoting himself wholly to historical painting, Michel won the Academy Prize and went to Rome on the king's pension; but feeling his genius hampered by the restrictions of the prize, he gave up the money so that he might study the antique in his own way. Coming under the then powerful influence of the Eclectics, he studied with the Carracci and modelled his style on theirs. In 1663 he returned to Paris and was elected a member of the Royal Academy, his picture on entering being "Our Lord's Appearance to St. Peter after His Resurrection". In 1673 he became an adjunct, and, in 1690, a full, professor in the Academy.
Corneille painted for the king at Versailles, Meudon, and Fontainebleau, and decorated in fresco many of the great Paris churches, notably Notre-Dame, the church of the Capuchins, and the chapel of Saint-Grégoire in the Invalides. His style, reminiscent of the old masters, is the conventional style of the Eclectics; his drawing is remarkably careful and exact, the expression on the faces of his religious subjects is dignified and noble, the management of chiaroscuro excellent, and the composition harmonious, but suggestive of the Venetian School. From his insufficient knowledge of the composition of pigments, the colour in many of his pictures has suffered such a change that it is today disagreeable; but the artist possessed a good colour-sense, and contemporary records go to prove that his colour was refined and pleasing. He etched and engraved over a hundred plates in a bold and free style, for he was a master of the line; but he subsequently spoiled the effect by too much and too precise work with the engraver.[clarification needed] A dishonest dealer put Raphael's name on some of Michel Corneille's plates, and for a long time no one disputed their attribution to the great master. For many years Corneille resided at the Gobelins Manufactory, and was sometimes called "Corneille des Gobelins". He died in the manufactory in 1708.
Works
[edit]Among his paintings are a "Repose in Egypt", now in the Louvre, and a "Baptism of Constantine", in the museum at Bordeaux. Among his more important etched and engraved works are: "The Nativity"; "Flight into Egypt"; "Abraham journeying with Lot" (wrongly ascribed to Raphael), and "Jacob wrestling with the Angel", a plate after Annibale Carracci.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bender, Ewald [in German] (1912). "Corneille, Michel oder Michel Ange". In Thieme, Ulrich (ed.). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler (in German). Vol. 7. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann. p. 424. OCLC 1039490042 – via the Internet Archive.
- Bénézit, Emmanuel (2006) [first published in French in 1911–1923]. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 3. Paris: Gründ. pp. 1403–1404. ISBN 2-7000-3073-7 – via the Internet Archive.
- Blumer, Marie-Louise (1961). "Corneille (Michel)". In Roman d'Amat, Jean-Charles; et al. (eds.). Dictionnaire de biographie française (in French). Vol. 9. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. cols. 676–678.
- Parmantier-Lallement, Nicole (1996). "Corneille". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 7. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. pp. 863–864. ISBN 1-884446-00-0 – via the Internet Archive.
- Raimbault, Christine (1999). "Corneille, Michel (gen. Michel II bzw. l'aîne; Michel-Ange)". In Kasten, Eberhard; et al. (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (in German). Vol. 21. München, Leipzig: Saur. pp. 228–229. ISBN 3-598-22761-2 – via the Internet Archive.
- Mémoires inédits sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'Académie royale de peinture (Paris, 1884)
- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (Berlin, 1870)
- DURRIEN, La peinture à l'exposition de primitifs français (Paris, 1904).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Michel Corneille (the Younger)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. That entry was written by Leigh Hunt.