Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
French painter
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée was a French rococo painter and student of Carle van Loo. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for painting in 1749 and was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1755. His younger brother... Wikipedia
Born: December 30, 1724, Paris, France
Died: June 19, 1805 (age 80 years), Paris, France
Period: Rococo
Children: Anthelme-François Lagrenée
Siblings: Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
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Jan 18, 2024 · Lagrenée played an important part in the French movement away from the Rococo style toward a more restrained, classicizing expression.
Biography: Painter, etcher, sculptor and draughtsman. Pupil of Carle Vanloo (q.v), won the Prix de Rome in 1749. He stayed for only one year at the Académie ...
Louis Jean François Lagrenée, I. Also known as: Louis J. F. Lagrenée, I; Date of birth: 1725; Date of death: 1805. Artworks. See all 1 artworks › · A work made ...