Louis Aubert (painter)

Louis Aubert, called le Fils, (15 May 1720, in Paris – c. 1800) was an 18th-century French painter and composer, active from 1740 to 1780. The violinist and composer Jacques Aubert was his father and Abbé Aubert (1731–1814) his brother.

Works

Instrumental

• 1750: Sonates à Violon seul avec la Basse continue
• 1758: Six Symphonies à quatre, trois Violons obligés, avec Basse continue,

Paintings

• La Leçon de lecture, huile sur bois, 323 x 227 mm, 1740, Amiens, musée de Picardie
• Intérieur avec jeune femme pelotant la laine, graphite pencil, black chalk, chalk and colored chalk, pen and gray ink, 315 x 226 mm, 1746, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
• Les Deux Artistes, 1747, Albertina, Vienna

References

Bibliography

• Neil Jeffares, The Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, Unicorn Press, 2006 http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Aubert.pdf

External links

• Louis Aubert on Arcadja