Perrier
François Perrier
1594-1649
François Perrier was born at Salins in 1590 and died in Paris in 1650. After early studies in Lyons, he resided in Rome from 1625 to 1629, where he worked in Lanfranco's studio. The young artist was especially drawn to the art of Annibale Carracci and Pietro da Cortona. Perrier's first known project was a series of paintings for the Villa d'Este at Tivoli. He returned to France in 1629, and he executed a fresco cycle of scenes from the life of Saint Bruno for the Chartreuse of Lyons. He worked together with Simon Vouet on the chapel for the Chateau de Chilly and in the first half of the 1630s was employed in Paris. After another long Italian sojourn, from 1635 to 1645, Perrier returned to France and was commissioned by Louis XIV to depict Acis and Galatea (Versailles). Some of his best-known works were also done about this time in Paris: the Gallery for the Hotel de la Vrillière (c. 1645) and the ceiling of the Cabinet des Muses at the Hotel de Lambert. Perrier was a leading French master of his day; he received many commissions from Louis XIV. In addition to painting frescoes and canvases, he was also active as an etcher and engraver. A founding member of the Académie, Perrier was a teacher of Charles Lebrun.
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