Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty lived between 1711 - 1785, he was a french artist, engraver and published and helped develop the colour printing process by experimenting with techniques and 3-4 colour printing. In 1746 he published the "Anatomical Study" which contained colour illustration/ diagrams of the body with the flesh pealed back showing the various organs and their placement within the body.
His paintings are not only beautiful they somehow manage to loose the grotesque nature of the subject matter in the posture of his subjects. They seem to have a calm nobility about them. The soft pastel tones also seem to detract from the butchery in front of us.
His paintings are not only beautiful they somehow manage to loose the grotesque nature of the subject matter in the posture of his subjects. They seem to have a calm nobility about them. The soft pastel tones also seem to detract from the butchery in front of us.
Resources
Books
- Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet (Author), John Davies (Photographer)
4 comments:
Great post! I love his work too--posted about it here on my blog.
Here the artist's complete gallery:
http://pinterest.com/sanguineus/jacques-fabien-gautier-d-agoty/
Here the artist's complete gallery:
http://pinterest.com/sanguineus/jacques-fabien-gautier-d-agoty/
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