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... Nicolas Poussin uses paint in an amazing way that I have never seen before. ...
Nicolas Poussin was a French painter. ... (CGFA, 1) Nicolas was born in June of 1594 near Les Andelys, Normandy. ... But his parents weren’t too poor to let Nicolas get an education, including learning Latin. ... When Quentin Varin traveled through Les Andelys, Nicolas gained an even better grasp on art. Later, he became Nicolas’s first master. In 1612, Poussin went to Paris to study; he was only 18.
While in Paris, Nicolas Poussin studied anatomy, perspective, and architecture. ... Poussin had to find a way to earn money in Paris so he began to sell his paintings but unfortunately none of these paintings were preserved. ... He asked Poussin to do a series of drawings based on the Ovidian mythology, known as the Marino drawings. They are the most important works of Poussin’s years in Paris. ...
Marino and Poussin became close friends. In 1623, Marino left for Italy and in the same year Poussin followed. ...
Around 1629, Nicolas suffered from serious illness and was taken car of by the family of Jacques Dughtet, a cook from Paris. Poussin married his daughter in 1630. They had no children during their marriage; she died one year before Nicolas in 1664.
In the 1630s, Nicolas Poussin established himself as an artist. ... This was Poussin’s happiest point in his career. ...
During the 1650s, Poussin was most successful financially. ... Nicolas Poussin died on November 19, 1665 and he was buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina, Rome.
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