Charles Le Brun
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 334 years ago |
Born | Paris |
France | |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Periods | Baroque |
Place of burial | Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris, France |
Parents | Nicolas Le Brun |
Julienne Le Blé | |
Job | Painter |
Books | Charles Le Brun: First Painter to King Louis XIV |
Resemblances, Amazing Faces | |
A method to learn to design the passions (1734) | |
A Method to Learn to Design the Passions, Proposed in a Conference on Their General and Particular Expression. Written in French, and Illustrated with a Great Many Figures Excellently Designed | |
Courage and Cruelty: Le Brun's Horatius Cocles and The Massacre of the Innocents | |
The Passions of the Human Mind: Exhibited in a Representation of Its Various Virtues and Vices. By Charles Le Brun, . . . | |
The Holy Bible: Translated from the Latin Vulgat: Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions, in Divers Languages: The Old Testament First Published by the English College at Doway, A. D. 1609 and the New Testament, First Published | |
Date of birth | February 24,1619 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Work written | A method to learn to design the passions |
Works | Alexander Entering Babylon |
Alexander and Porus | |
Date of died | February 12,1690 |
Period by artworks | Baroque |
Founded | Académie Royale De Peinture Et De Sculpture |
Designed | Columnas de Perrault - Museo del Louvre |
Education | Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture |
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ID | 583188 |
Charles Le Brun Life story
Charles Le Brun was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Le Brun was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin.