Artist: Jean-baptiste Oudry (1686 - 1755)
Nationality: French
Movement: Baroque
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s father was a painter and art dealer. However he first studied with portraitist, Nicolas de Largilliere. By 1720 he began painting animals, hunts and landscapes. He joined the Academie de Peinture at de Sculpture in 1719 and began teaching there in 1743. Oudry began designing tapestries in 1726 and became the director of the Beauvais tapestry manufactory in 1734. Two years later, he was appointed the head of the Gobelins manufactory. In addition, he had a large studio that was consistently receiving commissions from clients that included Czar Peter the Great of Russia and the queen of Sweden. Oudry’s work was noted for its attention to detail and interest in light and reflection.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Jean -Baptiste Oudry, The Pate, 1743
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Jean -Baptiste Oudry, Dog Attacking a Hare, 18th century
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Jean -Baptiste Oudry, Dog Attacking a Hare, 17th - 18th century
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Jean -Baptiste Oudry, Landscape with Waterfall, circa 1740
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Jean -Baptiste Oudry, Duel in the Bedroom, 17th - 18th century
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Jean -Baptiste Oudry, View of a Ch‚teau in the Park of Arcueil, circa 1745
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Dog Guarding Dead Game, 1753 Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755)Oil on canvas; 25 1/2 x
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Ducks Resting in Sunshine, 1753 Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686-1755)Oil on canvas; 25 1/2 x
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Park Scene
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Landscape with a Stairway and Balustrade
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry - Le Limier n.d. oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry - Swan Attacked by a Dog 1745 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry - A Hare and a Leg of Lamb 1742 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry - The Marquis de Beringhen 1722 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry - Misse and Luttine 1729 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste Oudry - Still Life with Game in a Landscape around 1730's oil on canvas Dayton Arts Institute French
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 18th - 19th century
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Jean Baptiste Oudry - Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers 1724 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Madame Jean Baptiste Isabey (Jeanne Laurice de Salienne, died 1829), ca. 1796-1800 Jean Baptiste Isabey
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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Le berceau, 1769
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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, La ferme, 1771
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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, La pompe, 1771
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Frederick Boultats, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste van Heil, (after painting by le Baptiste van Heil), 16th - 17th century
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Jean Baptiste Michel, Hagar, 1785
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Robert Jacques Francois Lefevre - Jean-Baptiste-Calude Odiot 1822 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Albert Decaris, St. Jean Baptiste, 1927
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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, La Nourrice, 1768
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Neapolitan Fisherboy, 1857
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Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, Two Women at the Well, 18th century
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Jean Baptiste Huet, Coverlet, 1785 - 1790
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Jean-Baptiste Perroneau, Portrait of a Man (M. Braun?), 1773
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Madame Jean Baptiste Nicolet (Anne Antoinette Desmoulins, 1743-1817), probably late 1780s Jean Baptiste Greuze (French,
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Jean-Baptiste Pillement, Les Ruines, 18th century
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Jean-Baptiste Pillement, Les Moissoneurs, 18th century
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Le Songeur, 1854
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Le Chinois, circa 1872
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Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, La Seine, 1874
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Un Lac du Tyrol, 1863
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Jean Baptiste Huet, Churning Butter, 1789
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Jean Baptiste Huet, Chinese Poppy Plant, 1780

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Louvre Museum: Pieter Boel, Painter of Louis XIV's Animals - The collection of painted studies from the Gobelins
Since more than a century onwards, Pieter Boel' s studies, there are 80 of th...
Frick Collection: Watteau and His World: French Drawing from 1700 to 1750
Watteau, who drew constantly throughout his lifetime, is one of the most revered artists of the French School. Watteau coveted his drawings and regarded them as superior to the m...

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