Jul 22, 2025
Idyllic Scene
Artist: Jules Robert Auguste (French, 1789 - 1850)
Date: c. 1804-1850
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Idyllic Scene
Artist: Jules Robert Auguste (French, 1789 - 1850)
Date: c. 1804-1850
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Jules Robert Auguste was born into a family of rich goldsmiths, yet rather than go into the family business he followed his own unique path. At first he though he thought his vocation was in the domain of sculpture and indeed it could have been. He was very talented in this art form and in 1810 at the age of just twenty one he won the ‘Grand Prix de Rome’. Just as he was achieving success in this field he abandoned it to dedicate his artistic pursuits to watercolors and pastels and more importantly travel to far off fields. His travels were to engrain in him a passion and love of the Orient that was to last his whole life.