Tassaert, Nicholas François Octave

(7/26/1800 Paris-4/24/1874 Paris) (France); aka Tassaert, Octave

   Painter, lithographer, and engraver. Considered a successor of Greuze. Created sensual nudes in mythological and historical scenes, known for his depictions of human miseries, and rendered boudoir scenes. Dubbed the "Poor man's Prud'hon" and the "Attic Corregio." Soft eroticism pervades his series "Les Amans et les Epoux," "Les Pre de la Toilette," and "Les premiers Momens de la Toilette."

   Reproductions: Cautious lover [use of condom]; litho; c1850; Naomi, 1998: p. 147 . Condemned woman Lorenzoni, 1984b: p. 70 [C]. [Couple copulating on bed while disturbed by a cat]; Nash. 1995: p. 155 [C]. Love trouble; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 21 . [Scenes of lovers]; litho; Bilder-Lexikon vol. 4: pp. 832, 833 [B]. Well! Don't be cruel; Melville, 1973: fig. 77 [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 13: pp. 707-708; DoA vol. 30: pp. 353-54; ThB XXXII 1938: p. 456.