Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux (12 October 1753,

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– 20 December 1817, Reims) was a French portrait painter,

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Biography

He came from a family of

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manufacturers. As he had four older brothers who had already entered the textile business, his father wanted him to become a priest. He was interested in art, however, and went against his wishes by taking drawing classes under the direction of Jean-François Clermont, a local designer and

watercolorist Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

. In 1778, he moved to Paris, without a patron or much money, and made a living painting miniatures, while frequenting the workshops of

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and Louis Marie Sicard.Sophie Join-Lambert, ''Peintures françaises du XVIII siècle: catalogue raisonné'', Tours, Musée des beaux-arts, 2008, , pg.260. His career was given its start, however, when he was commissioned to create miniature versions of several paintings by Alexander Roslin. This also gave him the opportunity to make his style more sophisticated. By 1781, he had acquired a reputation and was displaying his works at the

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. Although he liked to call himself the "painter of the bourgeoisie", his clients included several high-ranking people. The

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left him unable to finish one major project but, overall, his work was not interrupted. Many, in fear of death, wanted to leave portraits for their families. On a few occasions, he was allowed to enter the prisons to do his sketches. He acquired a small fortune, but the conversion to paper money rendered it virtually worthless. Concern for his wife, Anne-Félicité, and their two children led him to leave Paris and return to Reims in 1799. She entered the family's textile business, but he remained a painter and would occasionally visit Paris to keep up with the latest trends. Their son, Alphonse, also displayed some artistic talent, so he taught him to draw from life, then sent him to Paris to study with

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and

Jean-Victor Bertin Jean-Victor Bertin (20 March 1767
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Selected paintings

Périn Salbreux, Lié Louis - Marie Adélaïde of France - Versailles MV 9085.jpg, Madame Adélaïde Alexander Roslin (1718-1793), konstnär (Lié Louis Périn) - Nationalmuseum - 24712.tif, Alexander Roslin File:PÉRIN-SALBREUX Lié Louis La Duthé couchée Huile sur toile.jpg, Rosalie Duthé (courtesan) Nicolas Conteray de Lallemant (1734-1829).jpg,
(mathematician) Lié-Louis Périn-Salbreux-La Petite Reine.jpg, ''La Petite Reine'' (once thought to be

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child a ...

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References

* "Lié Louis Périn", in: Louis-Gabriel Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'' (Histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou étrangers), 2nd edition, 1843-1865 * M. Fanart, ''Notice biographique sur Louis Périn. Peintre rémois, par M. A. Périn son fils '', 1844, .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perin-Salbreux, Lie Louis 1753 births 1817 deaths Artists from Reims 18th-century French painters French male painters 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists 18th-century French male artists French pastel artists