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Le Nain

American  
[luh nan] / lə ˈnɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Antoine the Elder, 1588?–1648, and his two brothers Louis (“the Roman” ), 1593?–1648, and Mathieu 1607–77, French painters.


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And they’re very different from the ennobled peasants in popular genre paintings by artists like the Le Nain brothers in France or cheery laborers by Dutch artist Johannes Lingelbach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2023

One name boldly signed to the Splendid Century is Le Nain.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Le Nain contemporary, the onetime pastry cook Claude Lorrain, was a classicist, but he followed a far different path than Poussin took.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet M. Lhote, preaching his crusade against disorder, picks out the Le Nain and sets them up as an example.

From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell

I can quite understand M. Lhote's liking for the brothers Le Nain, because I share it.

From Since Cézanne by Clive Bell

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