Charles Germain de Saint Aubin (17 January 1721 – 6 March 1786) was a French

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. Published a classic reference on embroidery, ''L'Art du Brodeur'' ("Art of the Embroiderer") in 1770. In addition to his embroidery designs, he was known for his drawings and

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His parents were Germain de Saint-Aubin and Anne Boissay, themselves both professional embroiderers. His younger brothers,

Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, also Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, (Paris, 14 April 1724 - Paris, 14 February 1780) was a French draftsman, printmaker, etcher and painter. Biography His brothers Charles Germain de Saint Aubin and Augustin de Saint-A ...

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Augustin de Saint-Aubin Augustin de Saint-Aubin sometimes styled Auguste de Saint-Aubin (3 January 1736 – 9 November 1807), belongs to an important dynasty of French designers and engravers. Biography Augustin de Saint-Aubin was born on 3 January 1736 in Paris to the k ...

, were also well-respected artists. His daughter, Marie-François, was an artist as well.Profile of Marie-Françoise de Saint-Aubin
in the ''Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800''. Paillettes saint aubin

References

Sources

* ttps://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.5429.html Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, Works of Art(National Gallery of Art)
Men in the fiber arts

(Metropolitan Museum of Art) * E. and J. de Goncourt, ''The Art of the eighteenth century, the Saint-Aubin'' * ''Catalog of rare and valuable component library M. Hippolyte Destailleur''; Paris books: D. Morgand, 1891. 8 °, 448 p.

External links

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Saint-Aubin, ''The Livre de caricatures tant bonnes que mauvaises''
('The Book of Caricatures Both Good and Bad’),

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1721 births 1786 deaths Embroidery designers French designers French draughtsmen 18th-century French artists 18th-century French illustrators {{France-artist-stub