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Jean Baptiste Debret
Jean Baptiste Debret

Jean Baptiste Debret

French, 1768-1848
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Jean-Baptiste Debret was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the people of Brazil. Debret won the second prize at the 1798 Salon des Beaux Arts.

Debret studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts, a pupil of the great Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) to whom he was related. He accompanied David to Rome in the 1780s. His debut was at the Salon des Beaux Arts of 1798, where he got the second prize.

He travelled to Brazil in March 1816 as a member of the so-called French Artistic Mission, a group of bonapartist French artists and artisans bound to creating an arts and crafts lyceum in Rio de Janeiro (Escola Real de Artes e Ofícios) under the auspices of King D. João VI and the Count of Barca. The lyceum later became the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (Imperial Academy of Fine Arts) under Emperor Dom Pedro I.

As a painter favored first by the Portuguese court in exile and later by the imperial court in Rio, Debret was often commissioned to paint portraits of many of its members, such as Portuguese king Dom João VI and the Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria, the first empress of Brazil, who married D. Pedro I (Debret was commissioned to produce a painting of her arrival for the marriage at the Rio port, as well as the public acclaiming of the new Emperor). He established his atelier at the Imperial Academy in December 1822 and became a valued teacher in 1826. In 1829 Debret organized the first arts exhibition ever to take place in Brazil, in which he presented many of his works as well as of his disciples. Emulating David's role during the French Empire, Debret was also involved in the drawing ornaments for many of public ceremonies and official festivities of the court and even some of the courtier's uniforms are credited to him.

He corresponded frequently with his brother in Paris. After noticing his brother's interest in his depiction of everyday life in Brazil, he started to sketch street scenes, local costumes and relations of the Brazilians in the period between 1816 and 1831. He took a particular interest in slavery of blacks and in the indigenous peoples in Brazil. Together with the German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802–1858), his work is one of the most important graphic documentation of life in Brazil during the early decades of the 19th century.

Debret returned to France in 1831 and became a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts. From 1834 to 1839 he published his monumental series of three volumes of engravings, titled Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Brésil, ou Séjour d'un Artiste Français au Brésil ("A Picturesque and Historic Voyage to Brazil, or the Sojourn of a French Artist in Brazil"). Unfortunately the work was not a commercial success. In order to survive, he made lithographs depicting paintings by his distant cousin David, but the editions were very limited and money was short. Debret died poor in Paris in 1848.

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Chef de Bororenos partant pour une attaque

Chef de Bororenos partant pour une attaque (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Chef de Charruas [Charrouas] sauvages

Chef de Charruas [Charrouas] sauvages (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Chef de la Gouaycourous partant pour commercer avec le européens

Chef de la Gouaycourous partant pour commercer avec le européens (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Cocotier barrigudo (ventrû)

Cocotier barrigudo (ventrû) (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Coiffures, et suite de têtes de différentes castes sauvages

Coiffures, et suite de têtes de différentes castes sauvages (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Cortége du baptême de la princesse royale Dona Maria de Gloria à Rio de Janeiro

Cortége du baptême de la princesse royale Dona Maria de Gloria à Rio de Janeiro (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Costume des dames du palais; Costume militaire

Costume des dames du palais; Costume militaire (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Costume des ministres; L’Empereur suivi d’un chambellan et d’un premier valet de chambre

Costume des ministres; L’Empereur suivi d’un chambellan et d’un premier valet de chambre (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Danse de sauvages de la mission de St. José

Danse de sauvages de la mission de St. José (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Débarquement de la princesse Léopoldine à Rio de Janeiro

Débarquement de la princesse Léopoldine à Rio de Janeiro (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Décoration du ballet historique

Décoration du ballet historique (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Départ de la reine pour se rendre à bord du vaisseau Royal destiné à conduire au Court à Lisbonne.

Départ de la reine pour se rendre à bord du vaisseau Royal destiné à conduire au Court à Lisbonne. (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Desembargadores, arrivant en costume au Palais de Justice; Statue de St. George et son cortège, prècédant la procession de la Fête Dieu

Desembargadores, arrivant en costume au Palais de Justice; Statue de St. George et son cortège, prècédant la procession de la Fête Dieu (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Différentes formes de huttes des sauvages bréziliens [brésiliens]

Différentes formes de huttes des sauvages bréziliens [brésiliens] (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Différentes formes de masques (coëffures [coiffures])

Différentes formes de masques (coëffures [coiffures]) (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Divers cercueils; Convoi funèbre d’un membre de la confrérie de Notre-Dame de la Concéption

Divers cercueils; Convoi funèbre d’un membre de la confrérie de Notre-Dame de la Concéption (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Divers convois funèbres; Qûete pour l’entretien de l’Église du Rosario

Divers convois funèbres; Qûete pour l’entretien de l’Église du Rosario (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Éliconia

Éliconia (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Embarquement des troupes à Prahia-Grande, pour l’expédition contre Monte-Video

Embarquement des troupes à Prahia-Grande, pour l’expédition contre Monte-Video (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Enterrement d’une femme nègre; Convoi funèbre d’un fils de roi nègre

Enterrement d’une femme nègre; Convoi funèbre d’un fils de roi nègre (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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Esclaves nègres, de différentes nations

Esclaves nègres, de différentes nations (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Exploitation d’une carrière de granit; Passage d’une rivière guéable

Exploitation d’une carrière de granit; Passage d’une rivière guéable (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Famille de Botocoudos en marche

Famille de Botocoudos en marche (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Famille d’un chef Camacan se préparant pour une fête

Famille d’un chef Camacan se préparant pour une fête (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Feitors corrigeant des nègres; Camp nocturne de voyageurs.

Feitors corrigeant des nègres; Camp nocturne de voyageurs. (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Femme Camacan Mongoyo

Femme Camacan Mongoyo (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Femmes Cabocles (sauvages civilisés) vivant du métier de blanchisseuses dans la ville de Rio Janeiro

Femmes Cabocles (sauvages civilisés) vivant du métier de blanchisseuses dans la ville de Rio Janeiro (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Femmes Gouaranis civilisées allant à la messe le Dimanche

Femmes Gouaranis civilisées allant à la messe le Dimanche (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Forêt vierge

Forêt vierge (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
Illustration
Fruits de Brésil

Fruits de Brésil (1834 - 1839)

Jean Baptiste Debret (French, 1768-1848)
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