Artist Birthdays, August 14: CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET

CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET (August 14, 1714 – December 3, 1789)

• Nationality: French
• Field: Painting
• Art Movement: Genre
• ARTiFact: Part of a family of painters: father Antoine Vernet was a decorative painter; son Carle Vernet was a painter – also born August 14 (in 1758); and grandson  Émile Jean Horace Vernet was a popular military painter.
• Artist Quote: “Others may know better how to paint the sky, the earth, the ocean; no one knows better than I how to paint a picture.”
• Important Artwork (shown below): The Shipwreck, 1772.

Related Links:

• Learn more about the artist Claude Joseph Vernet
• Discover your favorite artists at Park West Gallery