Louis Le Nain
Louis Le Nain (* around 1593 in Laon ; † 23 May 1648 in Paris ) was a French painter of the 17th century who can be assigned to baroque realism . He lived and worked in Paris from 1629, where he founded a flourishing workshop in the Rue Princesse with his brothers Antoine Le Nain († 1648) and Mathieu Le Nain († 1677).
Life
Louis Le Nain was the penultimate of the five sons of the wealthy farmer, winemaker and later "sergent royal" at the salt store in Laon ( Picardy ). There he was instructed in painting, like his brothers, and together with them he settled in the district of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey , whose privileges freed him from submitting to the rules of the corporation of painters.
In 1648 the three brothers were accepted into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture , which had recently been founded .
He died in Paris in May of the same year.
plant
- see Antoine Le Nain and Mathieu Le Nain .
gallery
Visit to the grandmother , around 1640,
Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
Family of the milk seller , around 1640,
Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
The Cart, Return from the Hay Harvest , 1641
Paris, Musée du Louvre
Happy family, return from baptism , 1642
Paris, Musée du Louvre
Web links
- Works by Louis Le Nain at Zeno.org .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The small encyclopedia , Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich, 1950, volume 2, page 37
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Le Nain, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1593 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laon |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1648 |
| Place of death | Paris |