Pierre-Alexandre Aveline
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Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702–1760) was a French engraver, portraitist, illustrator, and printmaker.
Biography
Aveline was born in Paris into a family of artists, including his father Pierre Aveline and brother Antoine Aveline. In 1737 he joined the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture) in Paris.[1] He primarily worked with copperplate in his engraving. He is best known for his reproductions of other artists' works. For example, The Signboard of the Gersaint Gallery is a reproduction of L'Enseigne de Gersaint by Antoine Watteau.
References
- ^ "Pierre-Alexandre Aveline Brief Biography". Answers.com. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
Further reading
- Bellini, Paolo (1995). Dizionario della stampa d'arte (in Italian). Milan: Vallardi. p. 505. ISBN 88-11-91710-7. OCLC 247014252.
- Bénézit, Emmanuel (2006) [originally published in French in 1911]. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 1. Paris: Gründ. p. 868. ISBN 2-7000-3070-2 – via the Internet Archive.
- Lemoisne, Paul-André [in French] (1908). "Aveline, Pierre Alexandre". In Thieme, Ulrich; Becker, Felix (eds.). Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. Vol. 2. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. p. 273. OCLC 1039508956 – via the Internet Archive.
- Meyer, Véronique (1996). "Aveline". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 2. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 853. ISBN 1-884446-00-0. OCLC 1033657161 – via the Internet Archive.
- Portalis, Roger; Béraldi, Henri (1880). "Aveline (Pierre)". Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle [Engravers of the Eighteenth Century] (in French). Vol. 1 (pt. 1). Paris: D. Morgand et C. Fatout. pp. 59–61 – via the Internet Archive.
External links
Media related to Pierre-Alexandre Aveline at Wikimedia Commons
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