Louis Lagrenee. 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 Jean-Jacques Lagrenée was also a painter.
Lagrenée's notable career appointments included: Court painter to Elizabeth, Empress of Russia. Director of the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
Director of the French Academy in Rome. Professor-rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Honorary director-curator of the Louvre museum. In July 1804, Napoleon I conferred upon Lagrenée the rank of chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. Lagrenée died in June 1805, aged 80 years and 6 months. Lagrenée was born in Paris on 30 December 1724 and from an early age he showed promise in drawing and painting. During his youth, master painter members of the French Royal Academy offered a rolling programme of courses, open to the public, in life drawing and the principles and techniques of art. These courses gave academy members a chance to identify and nurture six of the most gifted young students in any given year and offer them a place on a scheme known as the École royale des élèves protégés, a scheme which offered free tuition with a small stipend, for three years, preparing students for Prix de Rome competitions. After being selected for an
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 Jean-Jacques Lagrenée was also a painter.
Lagrenée's notable career appointments included: Court painter to Elizabeth, Empress of Russia. Director of the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
Director of the French Academy in Rome. Professor-rector of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
Honorary director-curator of the Louvre museum. In July 1804, Napoleon I conferred upon Lagrenée the rank of chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. Lagrenée died in June 1805, aged 80 years and 6 months. Lagrenée was born in Paris on 30 December 1724 and from an early age he showed promise in drawing and painting. During his youth, master painter members of the French Royal Academy offered a rolling programme of courses, open to the public, in life drawing and the principles and techniques of art. These courses gave academy members a chance to identify and nurture six of the most gifted young students in any given year and offer them a place on a scheme known as the École royale des élèves protégés, a scheme which offered free tuition with a small stipend, for three years, preparing students for Prix de Rome competitions. After being selected for an
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