Pierre Puget
Pierre Puget (* October 16, 1620 in Château- Follet in Marseille, † December 2, 1694 in Marseille) was a French painter (among other things as a marine painter) and sculptor of the Baroque.
Life
He was from 1640 to 1643 in Florence and Rome, where he da Cortona also dedicated himself to painting under Pietro. He was involved in the decoration of the Palazzo Pitti, but soon returned to France. He went to Toulon and Marseille, was the official painter of both cities and painted in the 1650s, numerous altarpieces for churches in southern France. Then he went back to Rome and from 1661 to 1668 and 1670 to Genoa, where he trained his son Francois at his friend with him Giovanni Battista Castiglione. During this time the painting by Anthony van Dyck and Guido Reni won influence on him. In 1669 he went back to Toulon, where he was director of the ship ornaments on the royal yard. In 1679 he left the yard and laid mainly on landscape drawings and mythological topics ( Achilles and the Kentar Chiron, 1685, Marseille, Musée des Beaux -Arts ). Most recently, he was influenced by Claude Lorrain and Gaspard Dughet. He died in 1694 in Marseille.
Work
His artistic significance lies in his sculptural works, which are bold and passionate, but quite picturesque applied in the motion and treated in the manner of Bernini. His major works, groups Milon with the lions fighting and Perseus frees Andromeda and the rest Hercules, The high relief Alexander and Diogenes, are located in the Louvre in Paris. Among his most famous works are the atlases under the honorary balcony of the old city hall of Toulon. Although he was one of the leading sculptors of his time in France and like no other French painters of the time of Louis XIV was influenced by the Roman High Baroque, he remained isolated in Paris.
He worked all his life as a painter and is among other things for Marine pictures and drawings known, partly made on behalf of Colbert.
Gallery
Achille and Chiron, 1690, Marseille, Musée des Beaux -Arts
Self Portrait, Louvre
Battle against Palermo in 1676
Warship 1670s, Musee Bonnat, Bayonne
Toulon, Town Hall, Atalanten