Laurent Fauchier Explained

Laurent Fauchier
Birth Date:11 March 1643
Birth Place:Aix-en-Provence
Death Date:25 March 1672
Death Place:Aix-en-Provence
Nationality:French

Laurent Fauchier (1643–1672) was a French portrait painter.

Biographie

Laurent Fauchier was born in Aix-en-Provence, rue de la Sabaterie (today called rue Laurent Fauchier). He was the son of Balthazar Fauchier and Anne Marguerite Chanvre who were married in 1638.[1]

He became a pupil of Bernadin Mimault for three years, where he probably met his later teacher Pierre Mignard and his later pupil Pierre Puget.[2] In 1664 he became a portrait painter with his own workshop and was awarded a commission by the city council for 66 portraits which he did not finish.

Notes and References

  1. http://clap.jac.free.fr/livre/sabaterie.html Rue de la Sabaterie
  2. Fauchier in the RKD