Oil painting -> List of Painters ->Charles Le Brun

Early Days:

   Charles Le Brun Born in Paris, he attracted the notice of Chancellor Seguier, who placed him at the age of eleven in the studio of Simon Vouet. He was also a pupil of François Perrier. At fifteen he received commissions from Cardinal Richelieu, in the execution of which he displayed an ability which obtained the generous commendations of Nicolas Poussin, in whose company Le Brun started for Rome in 1642.

Charles Le Brun

 

Personal Details

Name

Charles Le Brun

Place of Birth

Paris

Date of Birth

24 February 1619

Date of Death

22 February 1690

Field

Painting

Nationality

French



Career:

   The nature of his emphatic and pompous talent was in harmony with the taste of the king, who, full of admiration at the paintings by Le Brun for his triumphal entry into Paris (1660) and his decorations at the Chateau Vaux le Vicomte (1661), commissioned him to execute a series of subjects from the history of Alexander. The first of these, "Alexander and the Family of Darius," so delighted Louis XIV that he at once ennobled Le Brun (December, 1662), who was also created Premier Peintre du Roi (First Painter to His Majesty) with a pension of 12,000 livres, the same amount as he had yearly received in the service of the magnificent Fouquet. The King had declared him "the greatest French artist of all time".

   Works Of Charles Le Brun:

Worlk done by Charles Le Brun

Work done by Charles Le Brun