Premier peintre du Roi
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The Premier peintre du Roi (First painter to the King) was a post within the administration of the Bâtiments du Roi
of the département de la Maison du Roi in France
under the Ancien Régime, just below the post of directeur général des Bâtiments, Arts et Manufactures de France
. Its holder occupied a similar position to that of Premier architecte du Roi
(albeit a far less prestigious one). The holder was not in charge of any staff and the role was often without a holder.
Bâtiments du Roi
The Bâtiments du Roi was a division of Department of the household of the Kings of France in France under the Ancien Régime. It was responsible for building works at the King's residences in and around Paris.-History:...
of the département de la Maison du Roi in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
under the Ancien Régime, just below the post of directeur général des Bâtiments, Arts et Manufactures de France
Bâtiments du Roi
The Bâtiments du Roi was a division of Department of the household of the Kings of France in France under the Ancien Régime. It was responsible for building works at the King's residences in and around Paris.-History:...
. Its holder occupied a similar position to that of Premier architecte du Roi
Premier Architecte du Roi
The Premier Architecte du Roi was, under the Ancien Régime, the direct assistant to the general director of the building industries, arts and manufactures of France and, consequently, number 2 of the Bâtiments du Roi, forming part of the Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi.-Responsibilities:The...
(albeit a far less prestigious one). The holder was not in charge of any staff and the role was often without a holder.
Holders
- 1603-1619 : Martin FréminetMartin FréminetMartin Fréminet , was a French painter.-Biography:According to the RKD he was a painter and engraver who is considered a member of the Second "School of Fontainebleau". He was the teacher of Toussaint Dubreuil who assisted him at Fontainebleau...
(1567-1619) - 1627-1649 : Simon VouetSimon VouetSimon Vouet was a French painter and draftsman, who today is perhaps best remembered for helping to introduce the Italian Baroque style of painting to France.-Life:...
(1590-1649) - 1641-1665 : Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
(1594-1665) - 1664-1690 : Charles Le BrunCharles Le BrunCharles Le Brun , a French painter and art theorist, became the all-powerful, peerless master of 17th-century French art.-Biography:-Early life and training:...
(1619-1690) - 1690-1695 : Pierre MignardPierre MignardPierre Mignard , called "Le Romain" to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter...
(1612-1695) - 1695-1716 : vacant
- 1716-1722 : Antoine CoypelAntoine CoypelAntoine Coypel was a history painter, the more famous son of the French painter Noël Coypel.Antoine studied under his father, with whom he spent four years at Rome. At the age of eighteen he was admitted into the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, of which he became professor and rector in...
(1661-1722) - 1722-1725 : vacant
- 1725-1733 : Louis BoullogneLouis BoullogneLouis Boullogne , known as Louis le père, was a French painter.-Life:After spending some years in Italy, Boullogne set up in Paris and made a major contribution to the organisation of the Académie de peinture, where he was a professor until his death.He was talented as a copyist and many anecdotes...
(1654-1733) - 1733-1736 : vacant
- 1736-1737 : François LemoyneFrançois LemoyneFrançois Lemoyne or François Le Moine was a French rococo painter.He was born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome...
(1688-1737) - 1736-1746 : vacant
- 1746-1752 : Charles Antoine Coypel (1694-1752)
- 1752-1762 : vacant
- 1762-1765 : Carle Van Loo (1705-1765)
- 1765-1770 : François BoucherFrançois BoucherFrançois Boucher was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture...
(1703-1770) - 1770-1789 : Jean-Baptiste Marie PierreJean-Baptiste Marie PierreJean-Baptiste Marie Pierre was a French painter, drawer and administrator.-Life:He was a student of Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and painted a self-portrait in 1732...
(1714-1789) - 1789-1791 : Joseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie Vien , French painter, was born at Montpellier. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791....
(1716-1809)