Gilles-Marie Oppenordt
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Gilles-Marie Oppenordt (27 July 1672 – 13 March 1742)[1] was a celebrated French designer at the Bâtiments du Roi, the French royal works, and one of the initiators of the Rocaille and Rococo styles, nicknamed "the French Borromini".[2] He specialized in interior architecture and decoration, though he has been connected with the furniture of Charles Cressent.[3] His surname has also been spelled Oppenord and Oppenort.
Biography
Gilles-Marie Oppenordt was born in
As a boy Gilles-Marie Oppenord was trained in the studio of
On his return to France in 1699 he failed to secure a post in the Bâtiments du Roi. His only known early commissions, for the high altar (demolished) for
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Oppenordt, along with designers working officially for
He also possessed unusual talent as a draughtsman.[2] Two books of his engraved designs were published, called by connoisseurs the Grand Oppenord and the Petit Oppenord. In his Dessins, couronnements et amortissements convenables pour dessus de porte etc., Gabriel Huquier engraved many of Oppenordt's designs.
He died in Paris in 1742.
Notes
- ^ Dee 1996.
- ^ a b Gietmann 1911.
- André Charles Boulle) has been tentatively connected to Oppenordt by M.P. Eidelberg, "Watteau, Lancret, and the fountains of Oppenort", Burlington Magazine 110 (August 1968:448, fig. 23), noted by Dell 1992: 236 note 2.
- ^ Lance 1873.
- ^ Dell 1992:208 note 4 (brief biographical notice).
- ^ Kimball 1943:91.
- ^ Dell 1992.
- ^ Bédard 2009, pp. 30–31, 36–38, figure 3.
- ^ Bédard 2009, pp. 30–31, 38–41, figure 2.
- ^ Dell 1992.
Bibliography
- Bédard, Jean-François (2009). "Political Renewal and Architectural Revival during the French Regency: Oppenord's Palais- Royal", .
- Connors, Joseph (1996). "Borromini in Oppenord's Sketchbooks", in Ars naturam adiuvans. Festschrift für Matthias Winner. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, pp. 598–612.
- Dee, Elaine Evans (1996). "Oppenord [Oppenordt], Gilles-Marie", vol. 23, pp. 457–459, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner, reprinted with minor corrections in 1998. New York: Grove. ISBN 9781884446009. Also at Oxford Art Online(bibliography updated 15 July 2008; subscription required).
- Dell, Theodore (1992). The Frick Collection: V. Furniture. Italian & French. New York. ISBN 9780691038674.
- Destailleur, Hippolyte (1863). Recueil d'estampes. Paris. Idem, Notices sur quelques artistes français Paris. Copy at the Internet Archive.
- Gietmann, Gerhard (1911). "Oppenordt (Oppenord), Gilles-Marie", vol. 11, pp. 261–262, in The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: The Encyclopedia Press.
- ISBN 9780486239897.
- Lance, Adolphe (1873). "Oppenordt ou Oppen Oordt (Gilles-Marie)", vol. 2., pp. 173–174, in Dictionnaire des architectes français, 2 volumes. Paris: Morel. Vols 1 and 2 at the Internet Archive.
External links
- Livre de fragments d'architectures recüeilis et dessinés à Rome... ('Petit Oppenord') at Internet Archive
- Oeuvres de Gille Marie Oppenord..., vol. 1 ('Grand Oppenord') & vol. 2 ('Petit et Moyen Oppenord') at INHA (Institut national d'histoire de l'art)
- Works at Open Library
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