Octave Tassaert has 1 artist signature examples available in our database. Contextual Analysis: A Brief Socio-Historical Overview. askART lists Octave Tassaert in 0 of its research Essays. Galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Octave Tassaert as either 'Wanted' or 'For Sale' There are 0Īrtworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers askART's database currently holds 64 auction lots for Octave Tassaert (of whichģ3 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)Īrtist artworks for sale and wanted. His submission to the 1855 World Exhibition was well received by the critics, but Octave ceased to exhibit after the 1857 Salon, withdrawing more and more from the formal art world. Winning popular but not critical success, his works showing poor people's lives were felt melodramatic by critics but acclaimed by the public. Next he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts* (1817–25) from 1817 through 1825, under Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, but never won the school's Prix de Rome*. 1835) and his older brother Paul (?-1855), before he was apprenticed to the engraver Alexis-François Girard (1787–1870). Octave's first artistic training came from his father Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert (1765-c. He was the grandson of the sculptor Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert. Nicolas François Octave Tassaert (Paris, 26 July 1800 – Paris, 24 April 1874) was a French painter of portraits and genre, religious, historical and allegorical paintings, as well as a lithographer* and engraver*.

Octave Tassaert is known for History and genre painting, lithography, engraving. Tassaert himself believed strongly in the Republic, and probably intended the young woman-caught between the sensual, worldly temptations of royalist excesses and the noble, pure ideals of the Republic-to personify the country of France.Octave Tassaert (1800 - 1874) was active/lived in France. In 1848, the country was wracked by a civil war between royalist and republican forces. At the time Tassaert painted this work, France was undergoing considerable political upheaval. Below, the Damned struggle to avoid the fiery pits of Hell and the demons that will torment them for eternity. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days. The painting may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. At the upper right Saint Michael-holding scales for weighing the goodness of souls-admits the blessed to Heaven. Heaven and Hell is a painting by Octave Tassaert which was uploaded on April 3rd, 2019. Looking out at the viewer, she is shown in the upper center of the composition, immediately below an angel and directly above Satan. This painting focuses upon the struggle between good and evil for the soul of a young woman. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L.

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