Pierre-François Brice

Pierre-François Brice (26 November 1714 (baptised) – 13 May 1794) was a French artist who spent most of his career in what is now Belgium.

Life

Brice was born at Saint-Venant, France. Around 1735 he established himself in Brussels, then capital of the Austrian Netherlands, to devote himself to painting. He was received into the city's Corporation of Painters as a master during 1743-1744. He became painter-decorator to the court of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine and painted several interior schemes in his Brussels palace, such as those "paysages chinois" mentioned in the archives.[1] He died in Brussels.

Pierre-François Brice was the father of the painter and engraver Antoine Brice (1752–1817) and the grandfather of Ignace Brice (1795–1866), the "David bruxellois".

References

  1. ↑ Study on the Brice family of painters by the art historian Paul De Zuttere, "l'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes", Bruxelles, n°190, 1977


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