This volume is a compact, illustrated book on the life and work of the French Neoclassical painter Ingres. It is designed as an accessible art-historical introduction, combining biography, stylistic analysis, and reproductions of major paintings and drawings.
Although Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres considered himself primarily a history painter, his portraits and drawings later became his most admired achievements. His stylised distortions of line and form influenced later modern artists such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
Fleckner’s Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1780–1867: Masters of French Art is a concise illustrated study that explains how Ingres developed a personal version of Neoclassicism and how his work connects the classical tradition of the 18th century with the beginnings of modern art.
This book is a clear and accessible introduction to Ingres, with strong visual documentation of the major works.
