Charles-Antoine Coypel IV (1694 - 1752)--- The visual arts was an occupation that ran in the family of the Coypels in France. Charles-Antoine Coypel was born in Paris, France. His first mentor was his Father, Antoine who was already an established artist in Paris. Coypel was the third generation artist and art historian. He has carried on a family legacy of royal painting in France. Coypel is the grandson of the Noël Coypel who was famous for creating paintings for the French king. Coypel’s father was the single most important influence on his artwork. When his father passed away in 1722, Coypel inherited his paintings, wealth, and artist responsibilities of the royal court. He became the chief painter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and received lodging at the Louvre museum.…show more content… In 1715, he was a member of the Royal Academy and the next year, accepted a major commission to create tapestry cartoon illustrations for episodes of Cervantes’ Don Quixote. Although he was already an established painter before the passing of his father, he became an important and renowned royal painter when he inherited his father’s wealth and position. Despite his father’s overwhelming influence, Coypel became a talented unique artist in his own right. Coypel’s specialty included drawing satirical caricatures, historical, and religious subjects. Coypel was also a skillful pastellist, in which he used it for finished works as well as developing the other painted compositions. The emotional expressions of his subjects and figures in his paintings were first drawn in pastel on
