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| Alternative names | Mignard d'Avignon | ||
| Description | French painter, engraver and designer brother of Pierre Mignard | ||
| Date of birth/death | 7 February | 20 March | |
| Location of birth/death | Troyes | Paris | |
| Work period | from until date QS:P,+TZ/7,P,+TZ/9,P,+TZ/9 | ||
| Work location | Troyes, Fontainebleau, Rome (), Avignon (), Paris () | ||
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Nicolas Mignard
French painter
Nicolas Mignard (French pronunciation:[nikɔlamiɲaʁ]), also known as Mignard d’Avignon, (7 February (baptised) &#; 20 March ) was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits.[1] He spent most of his active life in Avignon creating religious and mythological paintings for religious institutions and stately homes but ended his career as court painter in Paris.[2]
Biography
[edit]Nicolas Mignard was born in Troyes in as the son of Pierre and Marie Gallois. He came from a family of artisans. He was the older brother of Pierre Mignard, who became one of the leading French painters of the 17th century and a rival of Charles Le Brun.[3]
Nicolas Mignard studied painting with a local master of Troyes whose identity is unknown. He travelled subsequently to Fontainebleau where he copied the works of the Mannerist painters.[2] He likely also spent time in Paris where h
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"Pure praises do not provide a comfortable existence; it is necessary to add something solid, and the best way to beröm is to praise with cash-in-hand"
LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME, I, 1
© Stéphane Lavoué
The Comédie-Française is also commonly known as the Maison dem Molière (House of Molière).
It was founded in through the union of two troupes, including that of the playwright, who had died eight years previously. It has perpetuated his work and his heritage for more than three centuries.
Author, actor, and troupe leader, Molière embodied the man of the theatre, engaged with his art and in the society of his time.
Les Comédiens-Français consider him their “patron”, their boss, tirelessly performing his theatre, celebrating it every year at the homage paid him by the Troupe on 15 January, the day of his baptism, and building an invaluable heritage around his work and its performance.
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