The world of Gérard de LairesseOrdered mythologies, eloquent gestures, ancient architecture and large decorations make Gérard de Lairesse the main representative of late Dutch classicism.
1641 - 1711Artist's life
Liège, Amsterdam and Dutch patrician residencesMain homes
History painting, ceiling, decor, drawing, engraving, allegory, teaching and theoryPractical
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1641 -1711 · Dutch classicism, allegory and theory of painting
Ordered mythologies, eloquent gestures, ancient architecture and large decorations make Gérard de Lairesse the main representative of late Dutch classicism.
Gérard de Lairesse was born in Liège in 1641 into a family of artists and received his first training from his father, then from Bertholet Flémal. After an eventful start, he moved to Amsterdam around 1665. His drawing, his erudition and his taste for Antiquity quickly brought him commissions from merchants, regents and institutions. In a Dutch Republic often associated with portraiture, landscape or genre scenes, de Lairesse defended history painting as the pinnacle of art. Mythology, Bible and allegory allowed him to organize the body, gesture and architecture according to an ideal of beauty and convenience. Apollo and Aurora combine chariots, clouds and light emerging in an ascending movement; Hercules between Vice and Virtue transforms moral choice into a confrontation of postures. Abraham receiving the three angels and Jesus celebrating Passover show the same search for narrative clarity in biblical subjects. De Lairesse also designed vast settings for patrician houses, ceilings and institutions, where several scenes were to form a coherent program. Around 1690, syphilis made him blind. He stopped painting but pursued a second career as a lecturer and theorist. His teachings, collected in particular in Het Groot Schilderboek published in 1707, exposed the rules of composition, costume and expression and the hierarchy of genres. Much admired in the 18th century, he was then eclipsed by the taste for Rembrandt, whose naturalism seemed opposed to his classical ideal. Died in Amsterdam in 1711, de Lairesse nevertheless remains essential for understanding the scholarly, decorative and theoretical culture of the end of the Golden Age. The "Gérard de Lairesse" selection nevertheless remains essential for understanding the scholarly, decorative and theoretical culture of the end of the Golden Age. The "Gérard de Lairesse" selection notably compares Apollo and Aurora and Abraham receiving the three angels. His reading favors space.
De Lairesse treats painting as an art of eloquence: the body, the decor and the light must make the idea as clear as a well-constructed speech.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Liège, Flémal and classical training
Family of artists, drawing and Franco-Flemish tradition establish a taste for history and orderly gesture. This milestone illuminates the "Gérard de Lairesse" collection by favoring space.
Amsterdam, settings and great fame
Mythologies, allegories and ceilings for the elites make de Lairesse a sought-after master of classicism.
Blindness, conferences and Groot Schilderboek
Deprived of sight, the artist transforms his experience into an influential theory of composition and convenience.
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Eloquence
Hand, gaze and posture are distributed as the successive arguments of an immediately understandable story. This line guides a reading of "Gérard de Lairesse" centered on space.
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Antique
Ideal architecture, draping and proportions give biblical or mythological subjects a classical dignity.
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Programme
Several scenes can follow one another on walls and ceilings in order to develop a coherent moral idea.
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Theory
Costume rules, expression and composition extend painting into teaching and book.
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Six readings specific to Gérard de Lairesse
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Gérard de Lairesse.
Luminous mythology01
Apollo and Aurora
Char, clouds and idealized bodies give the rising of the day the ascending clarity of a great classical setting.
Landmark work by Gérard de Lairesse. Reading of "Gérard de Lairesse" through space.Biblical announcement02
Abraham receiving the three angels
Gestures of welcome, hierarchy of figures and architecture make the promise made to Abraham clearly legible.
Landmark work by Gérard de LairesseSacred history03
Jesus celebrating Passover
Table, looks and gestures order the group around Christ in a scene that is both scholarly and accessible.
Landmark work by Gérard de LairesseMoral choice04
Hercules between Vice and Virtue
Opposing postures and attributes transform the hero's hesitation into a visual demonstration of the moral decision.
Landmark work by Gérard de LairesseStyle05
Eloquence
Hand, gaze and posture are distributed as the successive arguments of an immediately understandable story. This line guides a reading of "Gérard de Lairesse" centered on space.
Reading key for Gérard de LairesseStyle06
Antique
Ideal architecture, draping and proportions give biblical or mythological subjects a classical dignity.
Reading key for Gérard de Lairesse
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