Claude Audran III (25 August 1658 – 27 May 1734) was a French painter. Audran was born in

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into a family of artists. He lived with his uncle, Claude Audran the Younger. Painter to the

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in 1699. From 1700-1701 he took part in the decoration of the Menagerie of Versailles and the

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, and the

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, and

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. In 1704, he decorated the new apartment of the

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at the

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. Audran obtained the office of Keeper of the

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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 art ] The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both Beauty, beautiful and functional. This includes most of the objects for the interiors of buildings, as well as interior design, but typical ...

ist, and made a number of tapestries for the Gobelins. Audran's style included

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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, mysterious, magnificent, fantastic, hideous, ugly, incongruous, unpleasant, or disgusting, and thus ...

s and

singerie ''Singerie'' is the name given to a visual arts genre depicting monkeys imitating human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, using satire. The term is derived from the French language, French word for "Monkey Trick ...

s. He died in Paris in 1734.

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"The Audran" by Georges Duplessis (French), 1892

Les Audran / par Georges Duplessis
(French) 1658 births 1734 deaths 17th-century French painters French male painters 18th-century French painters 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-17thC-stub

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