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Checkers Artist Michel Barthélemy Olivier

Michel Barthélemy Olivier
1712-1784
Marseille, France

The Game of Checkers

French painter who served an apprenticeship with Carle Vanloo before going to Spain in 1734 with Carle’s nephew, Louis-Michel, who was appointed court painter to King Philip V that same year.
Olivier returned to France may years later in 1763 and joined the Académie de St. Luc in Paris, where he exhibited a portrait of his wife in 1764.
In 1766, he received official recognition by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and he became the court painter of Louis François I.
His four major surviving works were created for this new patron:
1. Afternoon Tea at the Temple
2. Feast Given to the Prince of Brunswick–Lüneburg at l’Isle-Adam in 1766
3. Stag Caught in the Water in Front of the Château of l’Isle-Adam
4. Supper of the Prince of Conti
From 1769 to 1782, Olivier exhibited numerous paintings with a historical, figurative theme.
The Game of Checkers, though now a restored work sold as prints of the original oil painting is an example of his genre style combining attractive portraiture with finely colored conversations ‘espagnoles’, which included exotic figures from his time spent in Spain.
The main features of his style were his felicitous and effective choice of warm, rich color harmonies and his meticulous, delicate brushwork to create the mood and atmosphere of the setting as displayed in the quiet, gentile setting surrounding the checkers game.
In the original painting, Game of Checkers, though his approach was certainly representational, he conveyed an intimate and romantic mood surrounding the players at the checkerboard in the garden.

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