Artists

Audenaerd, Robert van

Robert van Audenaerde or Ouden-Aerd (1663–1748) was a Flemish painter and engraver.

Audette, Anna Held

Anna Held Audette (1938–2013) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator. Audette née Held was born New York City in 1938. She was the daughter of art historian Julius S. Held. She attended Smith College and the Yale School of Art. Audette taught art at the Southern Connecticut State University. She was the author of several books, including The Blank Canvas: Inviting the Muse (1993) and 100 Creative Drawing Ideas (2004). Audette died on June 9, 2013. Her work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art. Posthumous exhibitions include Anna Held Audette: Requiem for the Industrial Age in 2014 at the Housatonic Museum of Art, The Art of Anna Held Audette in 2023 at the American Precision Museum, and Abandon in Place: The Worlds of Anna Audette in 2023 at the Florence Griswold Museum.

Audinet, Philipp

Audran, Gérard

Gérard Audran (or Girard Audran) (2 August 1640 – 26 July 1703), was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran.

Audran I, Benoît

Benoît Audran the Elder (23 November 1661 – 3 September 1721) was a French engraver. The second son of Germain Audran, he was born at Lyons. He received his first instruction in the art of engraving from his father; but had afterwards the advantage of studying under his uncle, the celebrated Gérard Audran. Although he never equalled the admirable style of his uncle, he engraved many plates of historical subjects and portraits, which have justly established his reputation. His style, like that of Gérard, is bold and clear; his drawing of the figure is very correct; and there is a fine expression of character in his heads. He was received into the Academy in 1709, and was appointed engraver to the king, with a pension. He died in 1721, in the village of Ouzouer, near Sens. His portrait, after J. Vivien, has been engraved by his nephew Benoit, the younger. The following are his principal plates:

Audran II, Benoît

Audran III, Claude

Claude Audran III (25 August 1658 – 27 May 1734) was a French painter. Audran was born in Lyon into a family of artists. He lived with his uncle, Claude Audran the Younger. Painter to the Louis XIV of France in 1699. From 1700-1701 he took part in the decoration of the Menagerie of Versailles and the Chapels of Versailles, and the Palace of Fontainebleau, Château d'Anet, Château de Meudon, and Les Invalides. In 1704, he decorated the new apartment of the Duchess at the Château de Sceaux. Audran obtained the office of Keeper of the Luxembourg Palace in 1704. In 1709, he executed a backdrop for King Louis XIV at the Château de Marly. This setting, now destroyed, is known from preparatory drawings. He was a decorative artist, and made a number of tapestries for the Gobelins. Audran's style included arabesques, grotesques and singeries. He died in Paris in 1734.

Audran, Jean

Jean Audran (1667–1756) was a French engraver and printmaker. The brother of Benoit, and the third son of Germain Audran, he was born at Lyons, Lyonnais, in 1667. After learning the rudiments of the art under his father, he was placed under the care of his uncle, the famous Gérard Audran, in Paris. Before he was twenty years of age he displayed uncommon ability, and became a very celebrated engraver. In 1706 he was made engraver to the king, with a pension and apartments at the Gobelins. The hand of a great master is discernible in all his plates; and without having attained the extraordinary perfection of Gérard Audran, his claim to excellence is very considerable. He died in 1756. His principal prints are:

Audra Skuodas

Audrey Brockbank

Audrey Flack

Audrey Mandelbaum