How to Pronounce Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
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Jan 21, 1725 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 19 Jun 1805 (aged 80)
French painter
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About Louis Jean François Lagrenée
- Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (a.k.a.
- Lagrenée the elder) (30 December 1724 – 19 June 1805) 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 (a.k.a.
- Lagrenée the younger) 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 (Knight) of the Legion d'Honneur.Lagrenée died in June 1805, aged 80 years and 6 months.
