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Audran
The Audrans were a family of French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons. * Charles Audran I (1594-1674) * Claude Audran I (1597-1677) *Germain Audran (1631-1710), son of Charles I * Claude Audran II (1639-1684), nephew of Charles I * Gérard Audran (1640-1704), son of Charles I *Claude Audran III (1658-1734), son of Germain * Benoit Audran the Elder (1661-1721), nephew of Gérard *Jean Audran (1667-1756), nephew of Gérard * Louis Audran (1670-1712), son of Germain * Benoit Audran the Younger (1698-1772), son of Benoit the Elder * Prosper Gabriel Audran (1744-1819), grandson of Jean Further: * Marius-Pierre Audran (1816-1887), French operatic tenor. * Edmond Audran (1842-1901), operetta composer *René Audran René Audran (1929 – Jan 25, 1985) was a senior official of the French Ministry of Defence who was responsible for managing the country's foreign arms sales. He is known for being assassinated on 25 January 1985 by the armed group Action directe ... general, high officer at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Audran I
The Audran family was a French family of engravers and painters, mainly active in Paris and Lyons. The first well-known member was Charles Audran (1594–1674). Charles Audran (1594–1674) Claude Audran the Elder (1597–1675) Claude Audran the Elder (1597 – 18 November 1675) was a French engraver. Audran the brother (or, as some say, the cousin) of Charles Audran, was born in Paris. After receiving some instruction from Charles, he moved to Lyons, where he died in 1677. It is uncertain whether or not he visited Rome. His engravings, which are signed either "Claude Audran", or "Cl. Audran", are executed in the manner of Cornelis Cort and F. Villamena. They are mostly portraits and allegories. He left three sons, Germain, Claude the younger, and Gérard. Germain Audran (1631–1710) Germain Audran, who was born and died at Lyons, was instructed by his uncle Charles Audran in the art of engraving in Paris. His merit was considerable, although very inferior to that of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Audran
Achille Edmond Audran (12 April 184017 August 1901) was a French composer best known for several internationally successful comic operas and operettas. After beginning his career in Marseille as an organist, Audran composed religious music and began to write works for the stage in the 1860s and 1870s. Among these, '' Le grand mogol'' (1877) was the most popular and was later revived in Paris, London and New York. In 1879 he moved to Paris, where some of his pieces achieved considerable success both in France and abroad, including ''Les noces d'Olivette'' (1879), '' La mascotte'' (1880), '' Gillette de Narbonne'' (1882), '' La cigale et la fourmi'' (1886), '' Miss Helyett'' (1890) and ''La poupée'' (1896). Most of his works are now neglected, but ''La mascotte'' has been revived occasionally and has been recorded for the gramophone. Early life and career Audran was born in Lyon, the son of Marius-Pierre Audran (1816–87), who had a career as a tenor at the Opéra-Comique. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Audran
Gérard Audran (or Girard Audran) (2 August 164026 July 1703), was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran. Life He was born in Lyon and was taught the first principles of design and engraving by his father. Following the example of his brother, he went to Paris to perfect himself in his art. In 1666, he engraved for Le Brun ''Constantines Battle with Laxentius'', his ''Triumph'', and the ''Stoning of Stephen'', which gave great satisfaction to the painter, and placed Audran in the very first rank of engravers at Paris. The next year he set out for Rome, where he resided three years, and engraved several fine plates. He is reputed to have worked for or trained with Carlo Maratta. That great patron of the arts, J. B. Colbert, was so struck with Audran's works that he persuaded Louis XIV to recall him to Paris. On his return, Audran applied himself assiduously to engraving, and was appointed ''engraver to the king'', from whom he received great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Audran III
Claude Audran III (25 August 1658 – 27 May 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, grotesque Since at least the 18th century (in French and German as well as English), grotesque has come to be used as a general adjective for the strange, mysterio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Audran
Jean Audran (1667-1756) was a French engraver and printmaker. The brother of Benoit, and the third son of Germain Audran, he was born at Lyons in 1667. After learning the rudiments of the art under his father, he was placed under the care of his uncle, the famous Gérard Audran, in Paris. Before he was twenty years of age he displayed uncommon ability, and became a very celebrated engraver. In 1706 he was made engraver to the king, with a pension and apartments at the Gobelins. The hand of a great master is discernible in all his plates; and without having attained the extraordinary perfection of Gérard Audran, his claim to excellence is very considerable. He died in 1756. His principal prints are: Portraits *'' Louis XV''; full length; after Gobert. *'' Maximilian Emmanuel, Elector of Bavaria, with his Page''; full length; after Vivien. *'' Clement Augustus of Bavaria, Elector-Archbishop of Cologne''; after the same. *''The Duke d'Antin''; after Rigaud. *''The Abbé Jean d' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germain Audran
Germain Audran (1631–1710) was a French engraver. Audran, who was born and died at Lyons, was instructed by his uncle Charles in the art of engraving in Paris. His merit was considerable, although very inferior to that of some others of his family. Germain had four sons, Claude III, Benoit I, Jean, and Louis. He engraved several plates, consisting of portraits, and a variety of ornaments, ceilings, and vases, amongst which are the following : *Portraits of Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy, and his wife, in an oval; after F. de la Monce. *Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu (; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman and statesman. He was also known as ''l'Éminence rouge'', or "the Red Eminence", a term derived from the ..., in an oval. *Portrait of Theophile Reynauld. 1663. *Six sheets of Ceilings; after George Charmeton. *Six ornaments of Vases; after N. Robert. *A book of Frieze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Audran I
Charles Audran (1594–1674) was a French engraver. Life Charles Audran was the first of the Audran family who became eminent in the art of engraving. He was born in Paris in 1594. In his boyhood he showed a great disposition for the art. He received some instruction in drawing, and when still young went to Rome to complete his studies. There he produced some plates that were admired. He adopted that species of engraving that is entirely performed with the graver, and seems to have modeled his style on that of Cornelis Bloemaert. On his return to France he lived for some time in Lyons, but finally settled in Paris, where he died in 1674, aged 80. He marked his prints, which are very numerous, in the early part of his life with a "C-", until his brother Claude, who also engraved a few plates, marked them with the same letter; he then changed it for K., as the initial of Karl. The following are his principal prints : Portraits *'' Henri of Condé, with the Four Cardinal Virtue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Audran
René Audran (1929 – Jan 25, 1985) was a senior official of the French Ministry of Defence who was responsible for managing the country's foreign arms sales. He is known for being assassinated on 25 January 1985 by the armed group Action directe (AD) in front of his residence in La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Background Audran was a 1950 graduate of the École Polytechnique. At the time of his death, René Audran had attained the rank of Engineer General of the Corps of Armament. He was the Director of International Affairs (DAI) at the General Delegation for Armament (DGA). Audran was shot eight times in front of his home. He had been involved in arms sales to Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War, which arose suspicions that the Iranian government was involved in his assassination. His assassination occurred a year before Action directe's killing of industrialist Georges Besse who had been involved in nuclear cooperation with Iraq as well. After his death, Audran was awarded the ''Citation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius-Pierre Audran
Marius-Pierre Audran (28 September 1816 – 9 January 1887) was a French operatic tenor. He performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris as the first tenor. His son was acclaimed composer Edmond Audran. Works Author * ''La Colombe du soldat'' (romance) (1851) * ''Vous pleurez d'être heureux'' (romance) (1853) * ''Le guide des montagnes'' (romance dramatique) (1854) * ''Veillez sur mon enfant'' (pray), (1855) * ''Prière à la Vierge'' (1867) * ''La mère chrétienne'' (lullaby) (1870) Coauthor * ''Le Soir à la Veillée'', with Antony Rénal (1843) * ''Le Chant du sabotier'', with J. P. Schmit (1851) * ''Le mot le plus doux'' (rêverie), with Sylvain Saint-Étienne (1851) * ''N'écoute pas les fleurs'' (romance), with Armand de Lagniau (1851) * ''Aimons-nous Mariette'' (romance), with A. T. Brulon (1852) * ''L'Amour s'en va Coumo Ven'' (romanso nouvello), in provençal, with Marius Bourelly (1853) * ''Belange des nuits'' (Sérénade), with Q. Rénal (1853) * ''L'Enfant et l'o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
