Théodore Gudin
(1802–1880) fransk målare
Théodore Gudin (France, 1802–1880) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, Théodore Gudin belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Théodore Gudin was born in Paris and died in Boulogne-Billancourt. Théodore Gudin studied under Anne-Louis Girodet. Théodore Gudin became a member of Société Centrale de Sauvetage des Naufragés. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Alexander Wetterling, Johannes Møller, Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, and Herminie Gudin.
The best-known works include ‘View of a Rocky Coast by Moonlight’, ‘Côte écossaise dans la tempête’, and ‘Stormy landscape at sunset’. The works belong mainly to the genre marine art. The catalogue has 42 works by Théodore Gudin with free images. The dated works span the years 1827–1897. Works by Théodore Gudin are held by several collections, among them Bowes Museum, Collections of Musée national de la Marine de Paris, Amsterdam Museum, and Alte Nationalgalerie.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Nepomucen Głowacki, Wincenty Kasprzycki, Hermann Goldschmidt, Wilhelm von Kügelgen, and Heinrich Bürkel.