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Jean-Baptiste Pillement, also known as Jean Pillement (1728–1808), was born and died in Lyon, but built a career across Europe. His travels took him to Portugal, England and Poland, among other countries. Between 1765 and 1767 he worked in Poland, producing decorative panels that include two Chinoiseries now held at the Petit Palais. His work combines landscape painting with ornamental invention: oils, gouaches and pastels sit alongside designs intended to circulate through prints. His published collections of Chinese motifs supplied painters and designers with an imaginative vocabulary associated with Rococo taste. These images belong to a European decorative fantasy rather than a direct account of China. Anne Allen helped disseminate his designs through etching. Moving between rural scenes and arabesques, Pillement made drawing a meeting point for painting, printmaking and decoration, linking the individual image to a wider repertoire of usable motifs.
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Pencil on paper
Unter einem Baum rastende Landleute
Bleistift auf Papier
Auction date : 2023-11-18
Published result : 6300 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Graphite on paper
D’après Jean-Baptiste Pillement — Deux chinois sur une autruche
mine de plomb sur papier
D'après
Catalogue period : 2022-09-22
After
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Pencil on paper
Attribué à Jean Pillement — Ruines
crayon sur papier
Attribué à
Catalogue period : 2020-12-09
Attributed to
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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Gouache
D’après Jean Pillement — Suite de 5 mines de plomb et gouaches figurant des personnages orientaux
gouache
D'après
Catalogue period : 2019-12-12
After
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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Pencil on paper
Attribué à Jean Pillement — Ruines
crayon sur papier
Attribué à
Catalogue period : 2018-12-11
Attributed to
Published result : 330 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 200–300
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