Resumen de Paul Flandrin en Provence
Paul Flandrin in Provence, Light and Form: Unpublished Paintings, Drawings and Correspondence.
This article concerns Paul Flandrin's (1911 [i.e. 1811]-1902) activity in Provence in the 1840s and 1850s, and presents seventeen new works, while re-examining his friendships with artists during this period, particularly in light of the rediscovery of his friend Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens (1801-1890). We show how, in Provence, Paul Flandrin introduced new points of view -especially around Marseilles and its gulf- and unique subjects inspired by the Gorges d'Ollioules. This article also analyzes a crucial point in his critical fortune, the judgement expressed by Baudelaire in 1845, according to which Flandrin was the first to Ingriser, paint in the style of Ingres the landscape. The neologism "Ingriser" applied to landscape became a discussion point about the artistic contribution of Flandrin and Baudelaire's words were the only ones left to posterity on this subject. This article proposes a new interpretation that takes into account the contemporary criticism and the painter's explorations in Provence, based on problems of light and of form.
