Shop art print and framed art La Naissance de Vénus by Amaury-Duval

The Birth of Venus is a painting by Amaury-Duval in 1862 that takes up the theme of Venus anadyomene. It is exhibited at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille. The painting is based on verses by Alfred de Musset - Alfred de Musset, La Semaine des familles". . Inspired by Ingres's painting La Source, the painting moves away from the classical representation where, like Botticelli's Venus, Venus is dressed in long hair that hides her private parts. The painting was exhibited at the 1863 Salon, where it was up against two other academic Venuses, Paul Baudry's La Perle et la Vague and Alexandre Cabanel's La Naissance de Vénus, which eclipsed it in the eyes of the critics. The painting was more successful when exhibited at the 1866 Lille Salon des Arts. It was awarded a prize of one thousand francs by the Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille as the most beautiful painting in the exhibition, and was acquired by the Palais des Beaux-Arts. The joint exhibition of the three Venuses at the 1863 Salon gave rise to numerous debates on the artistic representation of the female nude. They focused in particular on the methods of representation, with particular reference to ancient art, and on the respective merits of the Venuses represented. Louis Auvray described Amaury-Duval's Venus as follows: "Mr Amaury Duval's Venus is standing, rising from the sea and twisting her blonde hair, the dew of which should fertilise the earth. The pose, the arrangement, the very fine [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the classical period. It belongs to the academism style.

 

« La Naissance de Vénus » is kept at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France.

 

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