Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, Hubert Robert. 1788. Oil on oak panel. H. 105; l. 84 cm. Musée du Louvre © RMN - Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi Though French artist Hubert Robert’s name doesn’t resonate like those of his compatriots Chardin and Fragonard, in his day he was celebrated for his poetic views of architectural ruins. Robert’s diverse fans ranged from Louis XVI and Catherine the Great to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson. Co-organized by the Louvre and National Gallery of Art, “Hubert Robert: a Visionary Painter” reintroduces this 18th century artist with some 140 works -- beautiful red chalk drawings, painted sketches, engravings, capricci, large paintings, and decorative and garden designs (Louvre, Paris; March 9 to May 30; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; June 26 to October 2). “The feeling and the conviction is that Hubert Robert is much more than just “Robert of the Ruins,” says exhibition curator Guillaume Faroult of the Louvre’s Read More