Olivier Journu (1724–1764), 1756, Pastel on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on canvas, 22 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. (58.1 x 47 cm), Pastels & Oil Sketches on Paper, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (French, Paris 1715–1783 Amsterdam), Perronneau, trained as a painter, pastelist, and engraver, entered the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1753. By that time he was already admired as a colorist and had exhibited widely, but he seems to have discovered that he could not compete with Maurice Quentin de La Tour for aristocratic or royal clients and for the most part sought work outside the capital
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Olivier Journu, 1724–1764, 1756, Pastel, blue-gray laid paper, laid down, canvas, 22 7/8 x 18 1/2, 58.1 47 cm, Pastels & Oil Sketches, Paper, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French, Paris, 1715–1783, Amsterdam, Perronneau, trained, painter, pastelist, engraver, entered, Académie Royale de, Peinture, et, de, Sculpture, 1753, time, admired, colorist, exhibited widely, seems, discovered, compete, Maurice Quentin, La, Tour, aristocratic, royal clients, part, work outside, capital
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