Jacques-Antoine Vallin - Paintings (1760 - 1835)

Jacques-Antoine Vallin is a painter born in 1760 and died in Paris on November 28, 1835.
Jacques-Antoine Vallin is the son of a Parisian sculptor-engraver, based on the Quai de la Mégisserie. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Royal Academy in 1779 under the protection of the history painter Gabriel Doyen, then of Callet in 1786. He returned to Drevet's studio three years later. He was also a pupil of Antoine Renou there.

Vallin did not begin at the Salon until 1791, first exhibiting two canvases, La Tempête and Petit paysage. The influence of Vernet but also that of Bidauld still mark a painting of 1793 like The Shepherdess of the Alps preserved in the museum of Algiers. Very quickly, he then found his way and success with his paintings of nymphs and bacchantes3 placed in harmonious landscapes often bathed in a fine golden light. Vallin also draws his inspiration from ancient history or mythology. His last appearance at the Salon dates back to 1827.

Vallin was buried on November 29, 1835 in the Montparnasse cemetery.

Vallin is the extension of Jacques-Philippe Caresme's bacchanals and gallant pastorals, but in a more neo-classical or even historical style, in keeping with his time and close to a Prud'hon6.

His painted work presents a freshness of colors and a real grace in the faces and attitudes of the characters.

He also executed portraits of Greuzian inspiration, and several paintings of ancient or modern history which he presented as a priority at the Salon.