Order, clarity and simplicity… The notion of classicism in 17th century French painting is essentially embodied by a painter who, paradoxically, spent the majority of his career not in Paris but in Rome, on the fringes of the major trends of the time.
The classical paintings of Nicolas POUSSIN, stemming from a great wealth of inspiration, complex and sometimes even of a scholarly nature, remain fundamental in the history of art in his country of birth and make him one of the greatest artists of the century as well as a key example for future generations.
Inventor of a new genre, the ideal landscape where nature and man – put in its place at the centre of a majestic setting – are intimately related, Nicolas Poussin produced some compositions featuring among the most beautiful classical landscapes ever created, undeniably inviting the viewer to dive in and enjoy them.
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