Charles le Brun
French Baroque Era Painter, 1619-1690
French painter and designer. He dominated 17th-century French painting as no other artist; it was not until over a century later, during the predominance of Jacques-Louis David, that artistic authority was again so concentrated in one man. Under the protection of a succession of important political figures, including Chancellor Pierre S?guier, Cardinal Richelieu and Nicolas Fouquet, Le Brun created a series of masterpieces of history and religious painting. For Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert he executed his greatest work, the royal palace of Versailles: an almost perfect ensemble of architecture, decoration and landscape. After Colbert's death in 1683, he was no longer able to count on prestigious commissions Related Paintings of Charles le Brun :. | Chancellor Seguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris in 1660 | Venus Clipping Cupids Wings | Portrait of Louis XIV | Portrat des Bildhauers Nicolas le Brun | Charles le Brun | Related Artists: Jules Arsene Garnierpainted Le Droit du Seigneur in1872 Henri Royerpainted Ex-voto in 1898 Deak-Ebner, LajosHungarian Painter, 1850-1934
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