Claude Audran III
French painter
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| Intro | French painter | |
| A.K.A. | Claude III Audran du Luxembourg Claude Audran Claude Audran Claude III Audran du Luxembourg Audran | |
| A.K.A. | Claude III Audran du Luxembourg Claude Audran Claude Audran Claude III Audran du Luxembourg Audran | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 5 August 1658, Lyon, Urban Community of Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Death | 27 May 1734Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 75 years) |
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Claude Audran III (August 5, 1658 – May 27, 1734) was a French painter.
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.
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- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding French Wikipedia article.