Prud'hon

American  

[proo-dawn] / pruˈdɔ̃ /

noun

1. Pierre Paul Pierre Prudon, 1758–1823, French painter.

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Prud'hon British  

/ prydɔ̃ /

noun

1. Pierre Paul (pjɛr pɔl). 1758–1823, French painter, noted for the romantic and mysterious aura of his portraits

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Example Sentences

An engaging trip through 19th century France as seen by artists from Prud'hon to Daumier.

From Time Magazine Archive

Prud'hon, in a Crucifixion scene, hides the face of the Magdalene in her hands, and Kaulbach in his Marguerite so bends her head that her face is completely concealed from the observer.

From Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter by Govett, Ernest

Mayer came under the influence of Prud'hon as early as 1802, possibly before that time.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement

In the same way she imitated Prud'hon, and this critic thinks it by no means certain that the master finished her work, as has been alleged.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement

This has led to an under-valuation of her ability, and both the inferior works of Prud'hon and bad imitations of him have been attributed to her.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement