Brun was born in Montpellier, France May 5, 1885 and died in Paris February 20, 1908. He is considered an Orientalist figure painter from the French School.

On April 7, 1847, Guillaume Charles Brun entered the Beaux Arts Academie to further his formal art training with Alexander Cabanel (1823-1889), a family friend from Montpellier. During Brun’s studies at the Academie with Cabanel, he was introduced Francois Edouard Picot (1786-1868). Picot had been Cabanel’s teacher. He accepted very few students but with a recommendation Cabanel, Brun was accepted.  It was under Picot that Brun began to mature as an artist and began to develop.

In 1847, Brun won his first medal at the Academie. Brun debuted at the Paris Salon of 1851 with two well-received paintings, “Portrait of Mme P” and “A Young Girl at Prayer.”

Brun began to focus completely on Algerian subjects. His more noted works during this period were; “A Portrait of Adj-Ali”, “The Prayer”, “Province of Constantine” (1859), “A street with Constantine” 1865, “The Appointment with Constantine” (1861), “The
Fisherman” 1865, “Drum Player” 1869. Additional works of importance: “The martyrdom of Saint-Laurent (Church of Villemoble)”, “The sparrow of Lesbie” and “The Morning in Paris.”

In 1883, Guillaume Charles Brun was elected a member of the Society of French Artists.

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