Call Number:

Ms. Codex 1971

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Extent:

2 volumes (+ 1 envelope)

Preferred Citation:

Ms. Codex 1971, Cahiers de perspective de Alexandre Brun, 1870, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

Date:

1870 (inclusive)

Creator:

Brun, Alexandre and Thénot, J. P. (Jean Pierre)

Form:

Drawings, Manuscripts, French -- 19th century, Codices (bound manuscripts), and Treatises

Abstract:

Two notebooks dated 1870 written in French by Alexandre Brun comprising a treatise on perspective with several figures and drawings.

Born Alexandre Jean Baptiste Brun in Marseille, France on November 3, 1853. Brun studied painting at Ecole des Beux-Arts in Paris. He was a marine painter and created illustrations for encyclopedias and books. Brun married Lucile Dutheil on May 4, 1886. They had three daughters. Brun died in Marseille on November 5, 1941.

Two paper-covered notebooks written in French comprising a treatise on perspective housed in a handmade envelope dated 1870. The notebooks were copied from the French work: Traité de perspective pratique pour dessiner d'apres nature by J. P. Thénot. In addition to the text, Brun copied all of the figures and drawings. Brun's pen-and-ink drawings have been adapted to his notebooks and have variations from those printed in Thénot's book.