Creator story
Surprising fact
In La Grande Odalisque Ingres gave his nude several extra vertebrae — an anatomical error made for the sake of a more beautiful, sinuous line.
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) was the great defender of Neoclassical line against Romantic colour. A supreme draughtsman, his sinuous nudes and portraits are masterpieces of cool, sensual precision.
Ingres championed pure line and form, and his stylised distortions of the body quietly anticipated modernism.
- The great champion of Neoclassical line over colour.
- A supreme draughtsman of nudes and portraits.
- Distorted anatomy for beauty, anticipating modern form.
Key works
A key work by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
These works make it easiest to see how the artist changed form, content, and the very way art could exist in culture.
1814
La Grande Odalisque
La Grande Odalisque is one of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's defining works.