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Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan teɔdɔʁ ʒiʁust]; 1753–1817) was a French neoclassical painter.

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In 1770, at age seventeen, Giroust started studying painting in the studio of Joseph-Marie Vien, a pioneer of Neoclassicism. Among other students was Jacques-Louis David. In 1775, Vien left Paris as he became director of the French Academy in Rome, and took David with him. Giroust thus decided to move to study with Nicolas Bernard Lépicié.

In 1778, after being awarded the Prix de Rome with the painting The Indignation of David, Giroust left for Rome where he once again joined Vien. Once back in France, Giroust was elected at the Academy, on 29 March 1788, with the painting Oedipus at Colonus, a work of pure Neoclassicism. The choice of a blind hero was surely informed by David's 1780 Blind Belisarius.[1]

Giroust's career was however brought to an end by the French Revolution. He didn't champion the new regime, and eventually retired to the countryside and hardly painted anymore. Giroust died in 1817.

Works of Art

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  Portrait of a Lady
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  The Harp Players
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  Prisoner And Child
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  L'historien Juif Flavius Josèphe Délivré À Rome De Ses Fers

References

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Sources

• Antoine Giroust : Peintre d'Histoire de l'Ancienne Academie, E.S. Giroust, 1888, Imprimerie d' Amedee, Paris
• Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection, 1997, p. 94

Citations

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[de] Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust

Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust (* 10. November 1753 in Bussy-Saint-Georges; † 9. Juli 1817 in Mitry-Mory) war ein französischer Maler.

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- [en] Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust

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[fr] Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust

Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust, dit Antoine Giroust, né à Bussy-Saint-Georges (Seine-et-Marne) le 10 novembre 1753 et mort à Mitry-Mory (Seine-et-Marne) le 9 juillet 1817, est un peintre français.

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[it] Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust

Jean-Antoine-Théodore Giroust (Bussy-Saint-Georges, 10 novembre 1753 – Mitry-Mory, 9 luglio 1817) è stato un pittore francese.

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