PILLEMENT, J.

Jean-Baptiste Pillement (Lyon, 24 May 1728 Lyon, 26 April 1808) was a French painter and designer, known for his exquisite and delicate landscapes, but whose importance lies primarily in the engravings done after his drawings, and their influence in spreading the Rococo style and particularly the taste for chinoiserie throughout Europe.

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Pillement’s illustrations are a mixture of fantastic birds, flora & fauna, large human figures and chinoiserie. He often worked with printmakers such as Anne Allen (artist), who would become his wife. His designs were used by several engravers and decorators on porcelain and pottery, but also on textiles, wallpaper and silver. Pillement had discovered in 1764 a new method of printing on silk with fast colours (recorded in his Memoirs). One of his prime vehicles was the single print marketed independently of an album. He published many albums, one is: vre de fleurs, ornements, cartouches, figures et sujets chinois (1776).