To search the press groups, associations, sponsor for the site” News-art-culture.com”. We can say „ Oui”, he is a French artist of renaissance. The talent is a gift hereditary from father Jean Clouet , the painter of Flaming origins establish in France. The son François Clouet is a French artist adorated by Caterina of Medici, in art world he enters as painter, portraitist and in same time draftsman. He is birth to Tours in the 1520 year , become the court painter under kingdom of François I and Charles IX by France. For his talent he enters under Catherina of Medici’s protection which gathers personal at him much of 500 monarchic portraits and 54 of drafts. He is a bust portraitist of high nobility in brilliant colors of clear obscure dominated of expression. The works are whether to Condé de Chantilly museum, whether in office of prints to Paris passing as number of his father which leave him the way free in art. Known as Janet he continues the father works in  the galante and satiric mannerism. His art is diffuse for the office work where worked with Jacques Patin and Pierre Brimbal in formula Clouet the portraits of court which comes appreciates in centuries.

THE START IN ART, THE TECHNIC, THE STYLE, THE WORKS BEAUTIFUL? 

The master remains his father Jean Clouet from which he study the painting and working together a series of works, in time of François the art know the extensions in defining expressions in details and colors. The art is characterized of same sobriety and concentrations but remains a researcher in representation. The drafts don’t present the legerity, they are more impressive. The preparative sketches are completes made in pastel, the technic is more evaluated, freer. The influences comes from part of Holbein in the portrait by Henri II and those of Venitiens and Primatrice are from Cook , Tiziano collection with” Venus of Urbino” in portrait by Diana of Poitiers. 

How to present François Clouet?

The portraitist of court to Valois , decoration of cloths or miniaturist? He is a talent which pass in all, he love the female beautiful in all naked splendor, he observes the melancholy, the pride, the personage soul. He becomes psychologist for his personages, remaining the portraitist for all life. In art don’t have a naturalist, he respects the nobiliary life at which remains a real devote. In his time he remains a big decorator, in compositions enters the theatrical scenes, the expressionism is typic of renaissance painting the funerals and royal triumphs. The renaissance enters with his precision” with elegance being a period of great works, from geniality at big painters”.

The works?

“Henri II in legs, Bathroom from Diane, Charles IX, Caterina of Medici, Maria Stuarda, Henri d’ Angio, Elisabetta of Austria…”

His death is noted of 22 December 1572 to Paris and the burring is made near of his parents in Parisienne cemetery Saints- Innocents. The Clouet’s painting is been always a challenge from father and son. In art are presents same characteristics, with the time François is a mannerist, brilliant in color and in personages’ psychology in which enters as a big viewer in decorations and expressions. The female beautiful is seduction, the sensuality is Diana of Poitiers, Caterina of Medici or Elisabeth of Austria. In work is present the sweetly leaved of renaissance, but remains sober in painting, at which he associates the elegance. He doesn’t want to leave the art far of court, remains a devote to Valois court, refusing naturalism. In all is a oil painter, admirer of human physiognomy.  The portraitist leaves immortality the French nobility in pride and decadence. Look him is renaissance art in her beautiful; François Clouet is one from the painters which leaves the glory in art.