Nicolas Perignon
Nicolas Perignon or Pérignon, also known as Alexis-Nicolas Perignon, the Elder (1726 – 4 January 1782), was a French painter, draughtsman, and engraver. He specialized in portraits, rustic scenes, landscapes, and seascapes. Perignon was born in Nancy and died in Paris.
Also recorded as Alexis Nicolas Perignon (I) · Alexis Nicolas Perignon · Perignon de Nancy · V. Perignon
Nicolas Perignon
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- 1726 · Nancy.
- Died
- 1782 · Paris.
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- France
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- painter · draftsperson · printmaker · architect · artist
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- French
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He travelled to Italy and Switzerland, creating numerous drawings, which he later reproduced as engravings. Perignon was made a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1774 and exhibited mostly gouaches of country scenes at the Paris Salons of 1775, 1779, and 1781. According to Benezit, "his work is sought after."
• Illustration — Rustic Landscape, etching at The Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — View of Aarburg, Switzerland • Illustration — View of Amsterdam • Illustration — View of the Hôtel de Valentinois in Passy from the garden • Illustration — View of the garden facade of the former Château de Chanteloup in Amboise • Illustration — Waldegg Castle, engraving by Nicolas Perignon with dedication to Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval, around 1785
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- 1."Perignon, Nicolas", Union List of Artist Names Online; Witt Library 2014.
- 2."Nicolas Pérignon", National Gallery of Art website.
- 3."Mort de M. Pérignon", Baur 1889, p. 96; Benezit 2006.
- 4.Benezit 2006.
- 5."Pérignon Alexis-Nicolas (1726-1782) ", Gallica.
- 6."Réception de M. Pérignon", Montaiglon 1888, p. 153.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Baur, J. (1990). Procès-verbaux de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1648-1793, Volume 9 (1780–1788). Paris: Charavay frères. Copy at Google Books.
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006), vol. 10, pp. 1171–1172 ("Perignon, Alexis Nicolas, the Elder"). Paris: Gründ. .
- Montaiglon, Anatole de (1888). Procès-verbaux de l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, 1648-1793, Volume 8 (1769–1779). Paris: Charavay frères. Copy at Google Books.
- Witt Library (2014). ("PERIGNON, Nicolas") in A Checklist of Painters c1200-1976 represented in the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, second edition, p. 396. New York: Routledge. .
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