Somogy Art Publishers, 2008. Paperback. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 4to (9.5 x 1 x 11 inches) Includes art prints, appendix, bibliography, and an index. 320 pp.

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ISBN: 9780912114378

Bringing the famed Parisian illustrator to light, this biography centers on Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, who studied at the prestigious Royal Academy but failed to win the coveted Prix de Rome. The study relates that the subject reacted to this disappointment by throwing aside all hopes of a traditional artistic career and hastening out into the thoroughfares of Paris to sketch everything in sight, living an errant, bohemian existence and succumbing increasingly to an obsession with drawing. Detailed and engaging, this recollection demonstrates that, despite his personal eccentricities, Saint-Aubin was employed as an artist all his life.

Published on the ocassion of the exhibition Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (1724-1780),
The Frick Collection, New York, October 30, 2007 - January 17, 2008;
Musée du Louvre, Paris, February 28 - May 26, 2008.

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