Charles Le Brun was a French painter and art theorist. Declared by Louis XIV "the greatest French artist of all time"; he was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and much influenced by Nicolas Poussin. Le Brun primarily worked for King Louis XIV; for whom he executed large altarpieces and battle pieces. His most important paintings are at Versailles. Le Brun was also a fine portraitist and an excellent draughtsman; but he was not fond of portrait or landscape painting; which he felt to be a mere exercise in developing technical prowess. What mattered was scholarly composition; whose ultimate goal was to nourish the spirit. The fundamental basis on which the director of the Academy based his art was unquestionably to make his paintings speak; through a series of symbols; costumes and gestures that allowed him to select for his composition the narrative elements that gave his works a particular depth. Nearly all his compositions have been reproduced by celebrated engravers.
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