|
Historical Artist - Claude Audran (1658 - 1734)
Born in Lyon, Claude Audran first worked as a decorative painter for Louis XIV in his
Versailles and Fontainebleu palaces. A talented and varied artist, he painted many things from
walls to harpsichords. Audran also designed patterns for embroidery, church vestments, and
stained-glass windows, which led to his position as a designer at the Gobelins manufactory in
1699. He was later appointed curator of the Palais de Luxembourg in 1704. Audran’s work
was very popular in Sweden and the monarch attempted several times to employ him in the Swedish
court. Audran’s work also had a profound effect on later artists, primarily his student
Jean-Antoine Watteau.
Contemporary French Artists
Art Galleries in Franch
|