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Dictionary of pastellists before 1800

CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PASTELS

Only a small number of pastels were dated by the pastellist. Many artists never signed or dated their work, including prolific pastellists such as La Tour and Hoare, while others, for example Cotes and Russell, signed and dated a high proportion of their pastels. It is possible to infer exact dates for some other pastels (although exhibition dates alone can be misleading). The development of individual artists' styles is often too uncertain to be a reliable basis for organising the main articles in the Dictionary. Chronological tables of the following specific artists' dated pastels can be found from chronology hyperlinks in the artists' index or from the links below:

Allais

Bernard

Boze

Carriera

Cotes

Ducreux

Glain

Hamilton

Hoin

Labille-Guiard

La Tour

Lenoir

Lundberg

Perronneau

Russell

Valade

Vigée

Vigée Le Brun

Vivien

Summary lists of dated pastels organised by year across all schools and artists can be particularly helpful in attributing anonymous pastels, as well as being of interest to costume historians. They can be accessed below (large pdf files):

Chronology 1627–1724 1725–49 1750–59 1760–69 1770–79 1780–89 1790–99 1800–20

Full details for each pastel will be found in the main entry for the relevant artist (the sitter's name or date for unidentified subjects suffices to locate each work).