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CARLO VANLOO.
IWtorib
DIED 1765. AGED 61.
Charles Andre Vanloo (generally called by English writers Carlo Vanloo)
was born of a noble Flemish family, in 1705, at Nice, and at an early period of
life evinced a remarkable genius for the art of painting. After having made
the tour of Italy, where, under the direction of Lutti and Le Gros, he studied
the works of the old and modern masters, he settled in the capital of France.
His extraordinary talents there obtained the admiration and reward they de-
served; he became first painter to the king, governor of the pupils under his
majesty’s protection, Professor of the Academy of Painting, and Knight of the
Order of St. Michael.
His pictures are distinguished by correct design, and coloured in a style at
once sweet, fresh, and brilliant: it is, however, asserted that their colour is now
on the decline, and that in some instances it has already faded.
The idea which Vanloo had formed of the perfection of his art rendered it
his most difficult task to obtain his own approbation; yet he painted with
great facility. He excelled in expressing rotundity, was careful to give all the
detail of his subjects, and to imitate exactly the effects of nature; but some-
times he gave more liberty to his pencil, and adopted the free and vigorous
manner of Rembrandt. Like that master, also, he only indulged in bold
touches, after having laid in the work with a good impasto, which prepared it
to receive the magic effect of that style of finishing.
His person was agreeable and interesting, his disposition cheerful; the
poignancy of his wit was tempered by the kindness of his heart; he treated his
pupils as his children, his children as his friends, and they loved him as their
friend and father.
IWtorib
DIED 1765. AGED 61.
Charles Andre Vanloo (generally called by English writers Carlo Vanloo)
was born of a noble Flemish family, in 1705, at Nice, and at an early period of
life evinced a remarkable genius for the art of painting. After having made
the tour of Italy, where, under the direction of Lutti and Le Gros, he studied
the works of the old and modern masters, he settled in the capital of France.
His extraordinary talents there obtained the admiration and reward they de-
served; he became first painter to the king, governor of the pupils under his
majesty’s protection, Professor of the Academy of Painting, and Knight of the
Order of St. Michael.
His pictures are distinguished by correct design, and coloured in a style at
once sweet, fresh, and brilliant: it is, however, asserted that their colour is now
on the decline, and that in some instances it has already faded.
The idea which Vanloo had formed of the perfection of his art rendered it
his most difficult task to obtain his own approbation; yet he painted with
great facility. He excelled in expressing rotundity, was careful to give all the
detail of his subjects, and to imitate exactly the effects of nature; but some-
times he gave more liberty to his pencil, and adopted the free and vigorous
manner of Rembrandt. Like that master, also, he only indulged in bold
touches, after having laid in the work with a good impasto, which prepared it
to receive the magic effect of that style of finishing.
His person was agreeable and interesting, his disposition cheerful; the
poignancy of his wit was tempered by the kindness of his heart; he treated his
pupils as his children, his children as his friends, and they loved him as their
friend and father.