Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) was a French painter, art theorist and director of art academies who served as court painter to Louis XIV, who called him the greatest French artist of his time. He played a central role in shaping the standards of French Baroque art and dominated the artistic life of seventeenth-century France, and his most significant surviving work is the decoration of the Palace of Versailles, including the Hall of Mirrors. He also wrote an influential treatise on depicting human emotion in art, Methode pour apprendre a dessiner les passions, published after his death in 1698, which shaped art theory for the following two centuries.
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Charles Le Brun (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl lə bʁœ̃]; baptised 24 February 1619 - 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time.
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Charles Le Brun (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl lə bʁœ̃]; baptised 24 February 1619-12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art
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was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time
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In 1646, Le Brun recognized that it was time to return home to Paris and begin his career as a painter.
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In 1646, Le Brun recognized that it was time to return home to Paris and begin his career as a painter.
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Charles Le Brun was assigned responsibility for decorations by Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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which were the work of Louis Le Vau, the court architect since 1654, André Le Nôtre, the royal gardener since 1657, and Charles Le Brun, a painter in royal service since 1647
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