The Next Round of Let's Fill eRep with Art

Day 2,275, 11:01 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Paddy OBrien



There has been an ongoing international series of articles about bringing art and artists into eRepublik. The original article was from Homer J Simpson in his paper The Muppet Show. He had the idea of bringing art into the eworld and brightening people's day, as well as introducing artists to our world.

Following is his introduction and explanation of the idea: The way this works is you comment and I give you an artist. You then publish an article with this explanation and an example of the given artist's work. You then do the same for people who comment on yours.



Commenting on his article brought me an assignment of Sir Mathias Kauage as my artist. I wrote an article on him that can be found here. I then commented on Anthony Colby's article and was assigned Fairfield Porter. That assignment led to this article.



These assignments have been quite interesting and have led me to two artists I was not previously familiar with, and I thank Homer and Anthony for those introductions. Since then, Queen Emeraldas has released an eFrench version of the series. Commenting on her article led to an assignment of Jacques Callot as a new artist.

From this master artist, I have chosen one part of his series called Les Grandes Misères de la guerre, which would be The Miseries of War in English (according to Google). This print is called The Hanging.

Jacques Callot was a prolific artist from the baroque period, having lived from 1592 to 1635. He was born and died in Nancy, which was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine. At the time, this was an independent state on the north eastern borders of France, the south western borders of Germany, and overlapping the southern Netherlands. He was primarily known as a printmaker and draftsman, studying in Rome and Florence under masters such as Phillippe Thomassin and Antonio Tempesta.

After becoming an independent master, he often worked for the Medici court in Florence. After the death of Duke Cosimo II in 1621, he returned to Nancy. There he worked for the court of Lorraine. Over 1400 of his etchings remain, chronicling the life of his time. His subjects include gypsies, beggars, soldiers, clowns, and drunkards, as well as life at court. He also etched religious and military prints, many of which include detailed landscapes as backgrounds. More than 2000 preparatory drawings and studies have survived, but no paintings or painted items are known to exist from this artist.

I hope you will take the time to explore the works of Jaques Callot, and perhaps join the ranks of such persons as Rembrandt and become a collector of his art