Louis Aubert (painter)

Louis Aubert, called le Fils, (15 May 1720, Paris[1] – c. 1800) was an 18th-century French painter and composer, active from 1740 to 1780. The violinist and composer Jacques Aubert was his father and Abbé Aubert (1731–1814) his brother.

For the 20th-century French composer, see Louis Aubert.

Works

Instrumental
  • 1750: Sonates à Violon seul avec la Basse continue
  • 1758: Six Symphonies à quatre, trois Violons obligés, avec Basse continue,[2]

Paintings
  • La Leçon de lecture, huile sur bois, 323 x 227 mm, 1740, Amiens, musée de Picardie[3]
  • Intérieur avec jeune femme pelotant la laine, graphite pencil, black chalk, chalk and colored chalk, pen and gray ink, 315 x 226 mm, 1746, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam[4]
  • Les Deux Artistes, 1747, Albertina, Vienna[5]
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References
  1. L'Année musicale 1911, F. Alcan, 1912, (p. 100) available at Gallica
  2. L'École française de violon, de Lully à Viotti ; études d'histoire et d'esthétique, t. II, Delagrave, 1922, (p. 241) read online
  3. Matthieu Pinette, Peintures françaises des XVIIe - XVIIIe des musées d'Amiens, Somogy, éditions d'art, 2006
  4. De Watteau à Ingres : dessins français du XVIIIe du Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Fondation Custodia, 2003, (p. 150)
  5. Le Siècle du rococo : art et civilisation du XVIIIe, H. Rinn, 1958, (p. 121)

Bibliography
  • Neil Jeffares, The Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, Unicorn Press, 2006
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