Baroque Outside Italy - Painting in France - NOT TO KNOW Louise Moillon

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Who was Louise Mouillon?

  • Louise Mouillon (1610-1696) was a French painter.
  • Regarded as the finest among the seventeenth-century French painters of still life.
  • Speciality was fruit still lives.
  • Most realistic depiction of the visible world, until the invention of photography.
  • Created simple compositions, perfectly balanced.
  • Creates intentional contrasts with the textures, sizes and shapes in her still life paintings.

Why were most of the famous Baroque still-life painters female?

Still life was regarded  as of less merit than religious/historical subjects or portraiture.

What can you tell agbout this picture?

  • Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries, by Louise Moillon.
  • Made in 1630, oil on panel.
  • Very realistic records of the visible world.
  • Technical skills is shown by the waterdrops on the table.
  • Typical for Mouillon, whose speciality was fruit still lives.

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