Skip to main content
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

1 9.8
A French painter from the 1800s famous for clear lines and portraits
  • proper noun
: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
  • Many art students study the techniques of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres when learning about 19th-century French painting.

Examples

  • A painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres hangs in the museum's European art gallery.

  • Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres is renowned for his striking neoclassical portraits.

  • Look at Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres!

  • Is Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres your favorite artist?

  • Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres is renowned for his striking neoclassical portraits.

  • Many art students study the techniques of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres when learning about 19th-century French painting.

  • A painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres hangs in the museum's European art gallery.

Synonyms

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
vsJean Auguste Dominique Ingres
9.2

A French painter from the 1800s known for careful portraits and clear lines

is the same person but shows the name written with hyphens

Surface Forms

Morphology

Jean + Auguste + Dominique + Ingres

This item is a full personal name (a proper noun) whose referent — a French classical painter — is not derivable from the individual name components. Knowing the constituent names does not allow a B1 learner to infer the biographical meaning or profession; personal names are referential and largely arbitrary across languages, so the meaning is not compositional.

Etymology

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was a French painter who painted with very smooth, clear lines and calm faces in his portraits. That's why his name is used to refer to a leading 'classical' portrait painter from the 1800s.