Jean Poyer. Jean Poyer was a French miniature painter and manuscript illuminator of the late 15th century.
As a multitalented artist-illuminator, painter, draftsman, and festival designer active from 1483 until his death-he was a painter of Renaissance France, working for the courts of three successive French kings: Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII. Poyer was born in the mid-15th century.
He was active between 1465 and 1503 in Tours, France. Popular and well respected during his lifetime, in the 16th century he was compared to Jan van Eyck.
Yet by the 17th century, he was all but forgotten, as were many painters and illuminators who did not often sign their work. The work of his early period reveals Poyer's mastery of perspective, refined use of light and color, and realistic human depictions, with influences of the Renaissance, a discernible break from the Late Gothic style which often included unrealistic figures in dollhouse like compartments.
Poyer's style, though quite different, evolved from that of the previous generation. Painters in Tours in the 1460s and 1470s had certain stylistic graces-such as their partiality for hues of lilac and plum. Poyer traveled to northern Italy and became motivated by the works of artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini, as well as being influenced by the presence in Tours of Jean Fouquet who introduced Italian styling to the area. D
As a multitalented artist-illuminator, painter, draftsman, and festival designer active from 1483 until his death-he was a painter of Renaissance France, working for the courts of three successive French kings: Louis XI, Charles VIII, and Louis XII. Poyer was born in the mid-15th century.
He was active between 1465 and 1503 in Tours, France. Popular and well respected during his lifetime, in the 16th century he was compared to Jan van Eyck.
Yet by the 17th century, he was all but forgotten, as were many painters and illuminators who did not often sign their work. The work of his early period reveals Poyer's mastery of perspective, refined use of light and color, and realistic human depictions, with influences of the Renaissance, a discernible break from the Late Gothic style which often included unrealistic figures in dollhouse like compartments.
Poyer's style, though quite different, evolved from that of the previous generation. Painters in Tours in the 1460s and 1470s had certain stylistic graces-such as their partiality for hues of lilac and plum. Poyer traveled to northern Italy and became motivated by the works of artists such as Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini, as well as being influenced by the presence in Tours of Jean Fouquet who introduced Italian styling to the area. D
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