Coypel, Antoine

Japanese: コアペル（英語表記）Coypel， Antoine

Born: March 11, 1661 in Paris
Died January 7, 1722. French painter in Paris. At the age of 11, he accompanied his father Noël (1628-1707) to Rome when he assumed the post of director of the Academie de France (1672). He returned to France in 1676 and became a member of the Academie at the age of 20 in 1681. He achieved an extraordinary promotion as he gained favor with the royal family, becoming president of the Academie in 1714 and its chief painter the following year. Unlike his father, who was devoted to N. Poussin, he initially produced works in the style of Rubens. His Eros and Psyche (Museum of Fontainebleau) is in the Rococo style, and his representative work, the ceiling painting in the chapel at the Palace of Versailles (1708), has a Roman Baroque-style trompe l'oeil effect. In 1715, he decorated the new gallery of the royal palace with The Story of Aeneas for the regent, Grand Duke of Orléans. In 1721, he wrote Ten Treatises on Painting. His half-brother Noël-Nicolas (1690-1734) painted mythological and allegorical paintings in the style of François Boucher, and his son Charles-Antoine (1694-1752) succeeded him, demonstrating his administrative skills in the highest public office as an artist.

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Japanese:

[生]1661.3.11. パリ
[没]1722.1.7. パリ
フランスの画家。 11歳のとき，父ノエル (1628～1707) のローマのフランス・アカデミー校長着任 (1672) に際して同行。 1676年帰国し 81年に 20歳でアカデミー会員。王家の寵を得て異例の昇進をみせ，1714年アカデミー会頭，翌年首席画家。 N.プーサンに傾倒した父と異なり最初ルーベンス様式で制作。『エロスとプシュケ』 (フォンテンブロー宮美術館) はロココ風で，また代表作のベルサイユ宮殿の礼拝堂天井画 (1708) はローマ・バロック風のだまし絵的効果をもつ。 15年摂政オルレアン大公のため王宮の新画廊に『アエネアス物語』を装飾。 21年『絵画十論』を書いた。異母弟ノエル・ニコラ (1690～1734) は F.ブーシェ風の神話画，寓意画を描き，息子のシャルル・アントアーヌ (1694～1752) は彼の跡を継ぎ，美術家として最高の公職について行政手腕を発揮した。

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