ABOUT HUBERT ROBERT
French painter in the school of Romanticism, known for his vast landscapes paintings of partially fictitious ruins in Italy and France. His works are collected by museums like the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
He worked in the studio of sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz, who taught him design and perspective. He also encouraged Hubert to use his talents to paint.
He narrowly escaped the guillotine during the French Revolution.
His father Nicolas worked for a French diplomat. The diplomat's son helped Hubert get to Rome to start his career.
Voltaire employed him to decorate the new theater at Ferney.
