Louis Jean François Lagrenée
Louis Jean François Lagrenée , called Lagrenée l'aîné , (born January 21, 1725 in Paris , † June 19, 1805 ibid) was a French painter .
Lagrenée was a pupil of Charles André van Loo , who later became Prime Minister peintre du Roi (First Painter of the King), and the elder brother and teacher of the painter Jean-Jacques Lagrenée . 1749 he was awarded for his painting Joseph explains the dreams of Pharaoh the Prix de Rome and settled for several years in Rome down. After Louis XV returned to France . In 1755 he became a member of the Royal Academy and in 1758 professor at the same.
In 1760, the Russian Tsarina Elizabeth called him to Saint Petersburg , where he became court painter and replaced Louis Joseph Le Lorrain as director of the art academy. After a three-year stay, he moved back to Rome with his brother Jean-Jacques, who had accompanied him. In 1781 he became director of the French Academy in Rome and shortly before his death rector of the Paris École des Beaux-Arts and curator of the Musée Napoléon .
A total of over 400 paintings are attributed to him. Dmitri Levizki , Pierre Peyron and Marc Antoine Bilcoq are among his students.
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| SURNAME | Lagrenée, Louis Jean François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aîné, Lagrenée l ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1805 |
| Place of death | Paris |