charles le brun

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Definition of charles le brun in English English dictionary

born Feb. 24, 1619, Paris, France died Feb. 12, 1690, Paris French painter and designer. After study in Paris and Rome, he received large decorative and religious commissions that made his reputation. Possessing extraordinary organizational as well as technical skills, as the first painter to Louis XIV he created or supervised the production of most of the paintings, sculptures, and decorative objects commissioned by the French government for three decades, notably for the Palace of Versailles. As director of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture and organizer of the French Academy at Rome, he was instrumental in establishing the characteristic homogeneity of French art in the 17th century

Hyphenation

Charles le brun

Turkish pronunciation

çärlz lı brʌn

Pronunciation

/ˈʧärlz lə ˈbrən/ /ˈʧɑːrlz lə ˈbrʌn/