Étienne Aubry (1746–1781) was a French painter. He was born in

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

. He studied under J. A. Silvestre and Joseph Vien, and soon became noted for his portraits and genre subjects. Aubry exhibited several works of great merit at the

Paris Salon The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...

, but died at a young age in 1781, the same year that he exhibited the ''Parting of Coriolanus from his Wife.''Peintures francaises du XVIIIe siècle du Musée du Louvre Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes - 1964 "Étienne AUBRY (attr. à) (Versailles 1745 - Versailles 1781) Elève de JA Silvestre et Vien, académicien en 1775. Mort trop tôt en plein succès."

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Attribution: * 18th-century French painters French male painters 1746 births 1781 deaths Artists from Versailles Painters from Île-de-France 18th-century French male artists {{France-painter-18thC-stub