Talk:Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
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Rewording and much more info needed.
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[edit] Baigneuse de Valpinçon
An editor added Image:Ingres baigneuse valpincon.jpg but I removed it because (1) the photo is blurry — if we want this picture it would be better to use a scan like [1]; (2) the article has plenty of pictures, all of which are mentioned in the text; (3) La Grande baigneuse is not mentioned in the text. Gdr 17:47, 2005 May 22 (UTC)
There are two different dates listed for his death!
- No, a baigneuse is a "she"!--BillFlis 01:39, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gallery?
The idea of a Gallery collecting the artist's miscellaneous works is a nice one, but some of those that have been moved there are mentioned within the article. Should some of this be reverted? --BillFlis 15:37, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ingres Paper?
Artists use something called "Ingres paper". A sort of yellowish paper to sketch portraits etc. What is it exactly and how does it relate to Ingres? Perhaps one of the editors here knows the full story and can add it to the article?
Uffe 13:11, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- It's a rather odd marketing term for a type of paper that Ingres never used (an exception or 2 may exist but I can't recall seeing one). "Ingres paper" is a laid paper, meaning it has a heavy texture of parallel lines left by the manufacturing process. It's great for charcoal, chalk, & pastel because it holds lots of pigment & imparts a texture to the drawing. Ingres himself used a wove paper with a smooth but slightly toothy surface that took fine graphite lines nicely --he would have gone nuts trying to make those portrait drawing on Ingres paper. I think your idea is a good one & I'll try adding a line about this in the article. Ewulp 01:38, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Viotti concerto
The detail of the young Ingres playing the Viotti concerto in Toulouse at age 12 may be apocryphal; writing in 1926, Robert Allerton Parker ("Ingres: The Apostle of Draughtsmanship", International Studio 83 (March 1926) p. 24) already sounds skeptical: "There is a legend to the effect that at the age of twelve Dominique performed a Viotti concerto in the theater at Toulouse, in which he was a member of the orchestra." While all sources agree he performed with the Toulouse orchestra 1794-1796, the Viotti story doesn't appear in any modern account I've checked, and may be a relic of the Amaury-Duval book (1878). Ewulp 06:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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