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School of LA CROIX DE MARSEILLE (Marseille, 1700-Berlin, 1782), late 18th century-early 19th century. "Port view". Oil on canvas. Measurements: 29.5 x 29 cm; 31 x 39 cm (frame). Landscape painting of panoramic composition, French school. It dates from the end of the eighteenth century or beginnings of the nineteenth century, and it is ascribed to the romantic current and its taste for the ruins. The coast has been sublimated with a dreamy orography, although elements that could identify Marseilles fortifications can be recognized. In any case, the port city appears poetically transfigured. A slight mist blurs the horizon, so that the veils of light or fine gauze that blur the limits give the sailboats and fishing boats a picturesque and mysterious nuance. Charles François Grenier de Lacroix, known as Lacroix de Marseille, was a well-known painter of Italianate seascapes and landscapes. Although little information is available about his life, it is known that in 1754 he had already moved to Rome. He also visited Naples in 1757 and painted Vesuvius and the surrounding countryside. In Rome, Lacroix met Adrien Manglard (1695-1760), and his pupil Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), who would become the most important influence on his work. He participated in the Salon de la Correspondance in Paris in 1780 and 1782. Lacroix de Marseille's work is represented in the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio), the Dijon Museum of Art and the National Museum of Stockholm.
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School of LA CROIX DE MARSEILLE (Marseille, 1700-Berlin, 1782), late 18th century-early 19th century. "Port view". Oil on canvas. Measurements: 29.5 x 29 cm; 31 x 39 cm (frame). Landscape painting of panoramic composition, French school. It dates from the end of the eighteenth century or beginnings of the nineteenth century, and it is ascribed to the romantic current and its taste for the ruins. The coast has been sublimated with a dreamy orography, although elements that could identify Marseilles fortifications can be recognized. In any case, the port city appears poetically transfigured. A slight mist blurs the horizon, so that the veils of light or fine gauze that blur the limits give the sailboats and fishing boats a picturesque and mysterious nuance. Charles François Grenier de Lacroix, known as Lacroix de Marseille, was a well-known painter of Italianate seascapes and landscapes. Although little information is available about his life, it is known that in 1754 he had already moved to Rome. He also visited Naples in 1757 and painted Vesuvius and the surrounding countryside. In Rome, Lacroix met Adrien Manglard (1695-1760), and his pupil Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), who would become the most important influence on his work. He participated in the Salon de la Correspondance in Paris in 1780 and 1782. Lacroix de Marseille's work is represented in the Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio), the Dijon Museum of Art and the National Museum of Stockholm.
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