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

Along with much would-be Roman attitudinizing there was much real, if rigid, power in the work of David, much accomplished purity and sweetness in that of Prud’hon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

The work of Prud'hon covers a wide range, of which not the least important are the drawings which he made with a lavish hand.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 by Various

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

It is a strange perversion to take pleasure in these carnivalesque figures when one can have the paintings of Leonardo, Titian, Correggio, Velasquez, Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, or Prud'hon.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole