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Charles Le Brun

1619 - 1690

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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. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Le Brun has received more than 450,158 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Charles Le Brun is the 145th most popular painter (down from 123rd in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from France (down from 365th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Painter.

Charles Le Brun was a French painter and art theorist. He is most famous for his work in the Palace of Versailles, where he was the chief artist for King Louis XIV.

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  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Le Brun ranks 145 out of 2,023. Before him are Lavinia Fontana, Robert Campin, Robert Delaunay, Tamara de Lempicka, Pontormo, and Umberto Boccioni. After him are Theo van Gogh, Albrecht Altdorfer, Suzanne Valadon, Emil Nolde, André Derain, and Eugène Boudin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1619, Charles Le Brun ranks 4. Before him are Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Jan van Riebeeck. After him are Hyojong of Joseon, Barbara Strozzi, Francesco Morosini, Philips Wouwerman, Willem Kalf, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and Anna Catherine Constance Vasa. Among people deceased in 1690, Charles Le Brun ranks 1. After him are Margaret Mary Alacoque, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Philip William, Elector Palatine, Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, David Teniers the Younger, Abraham Brueghel, Giovanni Legrenzi, Michael I Apafi, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Juan de Valdés Leal, and Yun Shouping.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Le Brun ranks 451 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Genet (1910), Elisabeth of France (1602), Hippolyte Taine (1828), Anouk Aimée (1932), Isabelle Huppert (1953), and Abraham de Moivre (1667). After him are Louis III of France (863), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), Ludwig I of Bavaria (1786), François Arago (1786), and Gregory of Tours (538).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Charles Le Brun ranks 42. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699), Fernand Léger (1881), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Odilon Redon (1840), Robert Campin (1375), and Robert Delaunay (1885). After him are Suzanne Valadon (1865), André Derain (1880), Eugène Boudin (1824), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Frédéric Bazille (1841), and Théodore Rousseau (1812).

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