Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin
Ingres' disciple, master of neoclassical purity
Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin was a 19th-century French painter. His celebrated 1836 work Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer ("Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea") is in the Louvre. From an early age, Flandrin showed interest in the arts and a career as a painter. However, his parents pressured him to become a businessman, and having very little training, he was forced to instead become a miniature painter. Hippolyte was the second of three sons, all of whom were painters in some aspect. Augusto, his older brother, spent most of his life as a professor at Lyon and later died there. Paul, his younger brother, was a painter of portraits and religious imagery. Hippolyte and Paul spent some time at Lyon, saving to leave for Paris in 1829 and study under Louis Hersent. Eventually, they settled in the studio of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, who became not only their instructor but their friend for life. At first, Hippolyte struggled as a poor artist. However, in 1832, he won the Prix de Rome for his painting Recognition of Theseus by his Father. This prestigious art scholarship meant that he was no longer limited by his poverty. The Prix de Rome allowed him to study for five years in Rome. While there, he created several paintings, increasing his celebrity both in France and Italy. His painting St. Clair Healing the Blind was created for the cathedral of Nantes, and at the exhibition of 1855 years later, it also brought him a medal of the first class.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Louis Hersent Master
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Master
- Charles Verlat Student
Artworks by this artist (46 total)
- Melchizedek Presenting Abraham with Bread and Wine 1835-64
- Esquisse pour l’église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul; Les trois Vertus théologales 1848
- Three Studies of a Classical Figure
- Jacob 1858
- Standing Female Saint 19th century
- Joshua, with the Sun at Upper Left 1856-1863
- La Mort De Jésus-Christ Sur Le Calvaire 1860
- Group of Apostles 1854-61
- Groupe de trois hommes drapés 1858
- The Nativity 1860
- Study for an angel holding wreaths
- Homme drapé, debout, de trois-quarts à droite 1858
- Head of a Woman; Study for a mural in the Church of Saint-Paul, Nîmes 1846-49
- Study of an Apostle, for the painting of the Ascension in Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris (1839-1863) 1822-64
- Study of Seven Saints for the Nave of the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris 1855
- Saint Félicité and Her Seven Sons second third 19th century
- Moses Commanding the Waters to Close upon the Egyptian Host 1858
- Baalam Prophétise Qu’un Astre S’élèvera Du Milieu D’israël 1858
- Madame Louis Antoine de Cambourg 1846
- Standing Figure with Hands Clasped 1862