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Oudry, Jean-Baptiste
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pronunciation:
[oodree]
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| Painter, born in Paris, France. He studied under his father and Nicolas de Largillière. One of the greatest French painters of hunting scenes, and associated still-life paintings, he was appointed court painter to Louis XV and painter of the royal hunt. He became a designer and later director at the Beauvais tapestry works, where he produced the world-famous illustrations to La Fontaine's Fables in 1734. He also worked for Gobelins from 1736, designing the tapestry The Hunt of Louis XV. |
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