The universe of Pierre-Narcisse GuérinSuspended gestures, ancient passions and severe drawing make Pierre-Narcisse Guérin a decisive link between neoclassicism and romanticism.
1774 - 1833Life and career
Paris, Salon, School of Fine Arts, Rome and French AcademyMain homes
Neoclassicism, pre-romanticism, history painting, mythology, tragedy, portrait, oil, drawing, study, teaching and the Grand Prix de RomePractical
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1774 -1833 · Paris, Salon, Rome and Académie de France
Suspended gestures, ancient passions and severe drawing make Pierre-Narcisse Guérin a decisive link between neoclassicism and romanticism.
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin was born in Paris in 1774 and died in Rome in 1833. A student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault after training with Taraval and Brenet, he won the Prix de Rome in 1797. Two years later, The Return of Marcus Sextus achieved considerable success at the Salon: the proscribed hero finding his wife dead is read as an image of the pain caused by the Revolution. Guérin constructs his historical paintings as scenes where each attitude reveals an inner conflict. In Andromache and Pyrrhus, loyalty to Hector is opposed to the power of the victor. Guérin constructs his historical paintings as scenes where each attitude reveals an inner conflict. In Andromache and Pyrrhus, loyalty to Hector is opposed to the power of the victor. Aurore and Cephalus transform the mythological kidnapping into aerial movement. Clytemnestra hesitating before hitting Agamemnon dormi concentrates the drama in a threshold, a shadow and a restrained gesture. Aeneas and Dido organize listening, desire and destiny around the story of the Trojan hero. The precise drawing, the clean surfaces and the architecture of the groups remain neoclassical, but the color, lighting and psychological intensity announce romanticism. His workshop notably welcomes Géricault, Delacroix and Ary Scheffer. Director of the French Academy in Rome in the 1820s, Guérin transmits a discipline of composition that his students will transform into expressive freedom. The "Pierre-Narcisse Guérin" selection notably welcomes Géricault, Delacroix and Ary Scheffer. Director of the French Academy in Rome in the 1820s, Guérin transmits a discipline of composition that his students will transform into expressive freedom. His workshop notably welcomes Géricault, Delacroix and Ary Scheffer. Director of the French Academy in Rome in the 1820s, Guérin transmits a discipline of composition that his students will transform into expressive freedom. The "Pierre-Narcisse Guérin" selection notably compares Andromache and Pyrrhus and Aurore and Céphale. His reading favors space.
Guérin paints the moment when the decision has not yet been made: an arm stops, a gaze turns away and all the tragedy lies in this suspension.
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Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Paris, training and Prix de Rome
Academic education led to the 1797 prize and then to the public triumph of Marcus Sextus' Return. This milestone sheds light on the "Pierre-Narcisse Guérin" collection by favoring space.
Salon and theater of ancient passions
Phaedrus, Andromache, Aurora, Dido and Clytemnestra transform mythology into visible psychology.
Romantic workshop and direction in Rome
Géricault, Delacroix and Scheffer went through his teaching before he directed the Académie de France.
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Suspended gesture
A stopped hand or an inclined body concentrates the action at the exact moment of moral choice. This trait guides a reading of "Pierre-Narcisse Guérin" centered on space.
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Ancient theater
Architecture, drapery and side groups make up a clear scene close to classical tragedy.
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Dramatic shadow
Light isolates the decisive character and charges the space with a psychological threat.
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Fruitful discipline
Neoclassical drawing provides its romantic students with a solid structure to overcome.
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Six readings specific to Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Pierre-Narcisse Guérin.
Ancient tragedy01
Andromache and Pyrrhus
The captive, the child and the winner embody a conflict between loyalty, threat and power.
Landmark work by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Reading of "Pierre-Narcisse Guérin" through space.Luminous mythology02
Aurora and Cephalus
The movement of bodies and veils transforms the loving abduction into an aerial apparition.
Landmark work by Pierre-Narcisse GuérinSalon of 181703
Clytemnestra hesitating before hitting Agamemnon
Aegisthus' curtain, sword, and thrust lock murderous hesitation into a night scene.
Landmark work by Pierre-Narcisse GuérinEpic and passion04
Aeneas and Dido
The hero's story suspends the assembly while romantic destiny is tied in the eyes.
Landmark work by Pierre-Narcisse GuérinStyle05
Suspended gesture
A stopped hand or an inclined body concentrates the action at the exact moment of moral choice. This trait guides a reading of "Pierre-Narcisse Guérin" centered on space.
Reading key for Pierre-Narcisse GuérinStyle06
Ancient theater
Architecture, drapery and side groups make up a clear scene close to classical tragedy.
Reading key for Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
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