Pierre-Alexandre Aveline Explained

Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702–1760) was a French engraver, portraitist, illustrator, and printmaker.

Biography

Aveline was born in Paris into a family of artists, including his father Pierre Aveline and brother Antoine Aveline. In 1737 he joined the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture) in Paris.^[1] He primarily worked with copperplate in his engraving. He is best known for his reproductions of other artists' works. For example, The Signboard of the Gersaint Gallery is a reproduction of L'Enseigne de Gersaint by Antoine Watteau.

Further reading

• Book: Bellini, Paolo. 1995. Dizionario della stampa d'arte. it. Milan. Vallardi. 505. 88-11-91710-7. 247014252.
• Book: Bénézit, Emmanuel. 2006. originally published in French in 1911. Emmanuel Bénézit. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 1. Paris. Gründ. 868. 2-7000-3070-2. the Internet Archive.
• Encyclopedia: Lemoisne. Paul-André.

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  . Thieme. Ulrich. Ulrich Thieme. Becker. Felix. Felix Becker (art historian). 1908. Aveline, Pierre Alexandre. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler. 2. Leipzig. W. Engelmann. 273. 1039508956. the Internet Archive.
• Encyclopedia: Meyer. Véronique. 1996. Turner. Jane. Aveline. The Dictionary of Art. 2. New York. Grove's Dictionaries. 853. 1-884446-00-0. 1033657161. the Internet Archive.
• Book: Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle. https://archive.org/details/p1lesgraveursdud01portuoft/page/59/mode/1up. Engravers of the Eighteenth Century. Portalis. Roger. Béraldi. Henri. 1 (pt. 1). 1880. 59–61. fr. Aveline (Pierre). D. Morgand et C. Fatout. Paris. the Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline Brief Biography. . 2012-07-02.