Hubert Robert

Hubert Robert
Portrait of Hubert Robert seated with paint brushes
Hubert Robert by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Born22 May 1733
Paris, France
Died15 April 1808(1808-04-15) (aged 74)
Paris, France

Hubert Robert (French pronunciation: [ybɛʁ ʁɔbɛʁ]; 22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.[1]

  1. ^ Jean de Cayeux. "Robert, Hubert." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 13 Jan. 2017