Charles Le Brun

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Charles Le Brun was a leading 17th-century French painter and decorator, chief painter to Louis XIV, and a central figure in defining the grand style of French Baroque art.

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Charles Le Brun canonical 37

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Baroque artist
decorator
human
painter
artisticStyle Baroque
surface form: French Baroque
birthCountry France
birthDate 1619-02-24
birthPlace Paris
countryOfCitizenship France
deathCountry France
deathDate 1690-02-12
deathPlace Paris
employer French royal court
Louis XIV of France
era 17th century
gender male
genre allegorical painting
ceiling painting
history painting
influenced French academic painting
Grand manner in French art
influencedBy Nicolas Poussin
Pierre Puget
languageOfWork French
memberOf Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
Manufacture des Gobelins
movement Baroque
name Charles Le Brun self-link
nationality French
notableWork Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre
Decorations at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Decorations of the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles
Royal Chapel of Versailles
surface form: The Apotheosis of Louis XIV

The Battles of Alexander
occupation decorator
designer
painter
patron Louis XIV of France
Nicolas Fouquet
positionHeld Director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
Director of the Manufacture des Gobelins
First Painter to King Louis XIV
Premier peintre du Roi
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
roleInArtHistory principal formulator of the grand style in French Baroque art
workLocation Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Versailles
surface form: Palace of Versailles

Paris

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Louis XIV of France patronOf Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun name Charles Le Brun self-link
Louis Dieudonné employer Charles Le Brun
Charles de La Fosse studentOf Charles Le Brun
Charles de La Fosse influencedBy Charles Le Brun
French royal court patronized Charles Le Brun
Nicolas Fouquet patronOf Charles Le Brun
Guillaume Coustou the Elder relative Charles Le Brun
Guillaume Coustou the Elder uncle Charles Le Brun
Antoine Coypel educated by Charles Le Brun
The Battles of Alexander creator Charles Le Brun
The Battles of Alexander notableWorkOf Charles Le Brun
Reign of Louis XIV associatedWithPainter Charles Le Brun
French Baroque art majorArtist Charles Le Brun
Lebrun hasNotableBearer Charles Le Brun
Château de Versailles interiorDesigner Charles Le Brun
Colonnade of the Louvre architect Charles Le Brun
French classicism majorFigure Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun depicts Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun hasSubject Charles Le Brun
Portrait of Charles Le Brun portrays Charles Le Brun
Premier peintre du Roi positionHeldBy Charles Le Brun
studio of Simon Vouet notablePupil Charles Le Brun
François Lemoyne influencedBy Charles Le Brun
Le Romain contemporaryOf Charles Le Brun
subject surface form: Pierre Mignard
Le Romain rivalOf Charles Le Brun
subject surface form: Pierre Mignard
Simon Vouet influenced Charles Le Brun