![]() ![]() The artist Cabanel likely chose to show these two saints in response to a painting which received great acclaim that same year: Saints Augustine and Monica by Ary Scheffer (Dutch, active in France, 1795–1858). They were commissioned by the important botanist Auguste Monsaval de Saint Hilaire (French, 1779–1853), who gave them to the Church of Saint Jean Baptiste in Sennely, where they hung until the late nineteenth century. ![]() This gorgeous pair of paintings depicts two saints who are extremely important to the Catholic Church. He was one of Napoleon III’s favorite painters.Īnd now, the Milwaukee Art Museum owns two of Cabanel’s earliest paintings: Saint Monica in a Landscape and Saint Augustine in His Study. One of the leaders of the French Academic School is Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889). At this time the most highly regarded art style is French Academic painting. It is the mid 1800’s in Paris, the capital of the art world. And although that is true, I would argue that that is only part of the story. What makes an artist influential? Most would say it the art he or she creates, because most likely that artwork was created in some sort of special way. ![]() Milwaukee Art Museum, Purchase, with funds from Avis Martin Heller in honor of the Fine Arts Society and funds from the Fine Arts Society M2014.9 Photo credit: Jack Kilgore & Co, Inc. Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823–1889), Saint Monica in a Landscape, 1845. ![]()
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