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Artist a Day:  Nicolas Poussin

Artist a day! NICOLAS POUSSIN  (1594-1665) Nicolas Poussin was the foremost painter of the classical French Baroque style.  

Oil on canvasm 118.1 x 102.2 cm, 1633

The Companions of Rinaldo

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 98 x 137 cm, 1626

Battle of Gideon Against the Midianites

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 80 x 107 cm, 1625

Rinaldo and Armida

Poussin's Works

He spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his art was on spiritual and mythological topics painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors.

Oil on canvas, 99 x 134.6 cm, 1624

Venus and Adonis

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 97 x 72 cm, 1624

Midas Washing at the Source of the River Pactolus

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 118 x 160 cm, 1664

Autumn (The Spies with the Grapes of the Promised Land)

Poussin's Works

The purpose of art is delectation.” 

Famous Quote by  Nicolas Poussin

Oil on canvas, 96 x 122 cm, 1639

Ordination

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 117 x 160 cm, 1664

Spring (The Earthly Paradise)

Poussin's Works

Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flesh.” 

Famous Quote by  Nicolas Poussin

Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 104 cm, 1634

Dance to the Music of Time

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 97 x 133 cm, 1657

The Flight into Egypt

Poussin's Works

Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry.” 

Famous Quote by  Nicolas Poussin

Oil on canvas, 121 x 185 cm, 1638

Et in Arcadia ego

Poussin's Works

Oil on canvas, 206 x 159 cm, 1638

Abduction of the Sabine Women

Poussin's Works

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