Jean-Baptiste Oudry (artist)

Nationality
French
Birth/Death
1686–1755

About

Oudry made an excellent living filling commissions for noble patrons, especially King Louis XV, whose favor he won by creating hunting scenes with realistic drama. Eighteenth-century critics interpreted Oudry’s animal paintings as if they were history subjects and judged them as they would scenes of human conflict and emotion.

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Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist udʁi]; 17 March 1686 – 30 April 1755) was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game. His son, Jacques-Charles Oudry, was also a painter.

Artwork by Jean-Baptiste Oudry