Claude Audran III (25 August 1658[1] – 27 May 1734) was a French painter.
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| Born | 25 August 1658[1] | ||||||||
| Died | 27 May 1734 (aged 75) | ||||||||
| Nationality | French | ||||||||
| Occupation | Painter | ||||||||
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Audran was born in Lyon into a family of artists. He lived with his uncle, Claude Audran the Younger. Painter to the Louis XIV of France in 1699. From 1700-1701 he took part in the decoration of the Menagerie of Versailles and the Chapels of Versailles, and the Palace of Fontainebleau, Château d'Anet, Château de Meudon, and Les Invalides. In 1704, he decorated the new apartment of the Duchess at the Château de Sceaux. Audran obtained the office of Keeper of the Luxembourg Palace in 1704. In 1709, he executed a backdrop for King Louis XIV at the Château de Marly. This setting, now destroyed, is known from preparatory drawings.
He was a decorative artist, and made a number of tapestries for the Gobelins. Audran's style included arabesques, grotesques and singeries. He died in Paris in 1734.[2]
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Further reading
- Kalnein, Wend Graf [in German]; Levey, Michael (1972). Art and Architecture of the Eighteenth Century in France. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-056037-8. OCLC 1008263215.
- Préaud, Maxime (1996). "Audran". In Turner, Jane (ed.). The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 2. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. pp. 707–709. ISBN 1-884446-00-0. OCLC 1033657161 – via the Internet Archive.
- Stein, Henri [in French] (1948). "Audran (Les)". In Prévost, Michel; Roman d'Amat, Jean-Charles (eds.). Dictionnaire de biographie français. Vol. 4. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. cols. 448–454.