Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
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Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée a.k.a. l'Aîné (December 30, 1724 – June 19, 1805) was a French
painter
, a pupil of Carlo Vanloo
. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
was also a painter.
Lagrenée was born in Paris
. In 1755 he became a member of the Royal Academy
, presenting as his diploma picture the Rape of Deianira (Louvre
). He visited Saint Petersburg
at the call of the empress Elizabeth, and on his return was named in 1781 director of the French Academy in Rome
, a position he kept until 1787. He there painted the Indian Widow, one of his best-known works.
In 1804 Napoleon
conferred on him the cross of the légion d'honneur
, and on June 19, 1805 he died in the Louvre, of which he was honorary keeper.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, a pupil of Carlo Vanloo
Charles-André van Loo
Carle or Charles-André van Loo was a French subject painter, and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin...
. His younger brother Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée , known as the younger, was a French history painter and engraver. With his elder brother Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, he stayed in Russia then at the Académie de Rome ....
was also a painter.
Lagrenée was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. In 1755 he became a member of the Royal Academy
Académie de peinture et de sculpture
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture , Paris, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Paris already had the Académie de Saint-Luc, which was a city artist guild like any other Guild of Saint Luke...
, presenting as his diploma picture the Rape of Deianira (Louvre
Louvre
The Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
). He visited Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
at the call of the empress Elizabeth, and on his return was named in 1781 director of the French Academy in Rome
French Academy in Rome
The French Academy in Rome is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio in Rome, Italy.-History:...
, a position he kept until 1787. He there painted the Indian Widow, one of his best-known works.
In 1804 Napoleon
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
conferred on him the cross of the légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
, and on June 19, 1805 he died in the Louvre, of which he was honorary keeper.