Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée
French painter
Died when: 80 years 171 days (965 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (called Lagrenée l'aîné, 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 (called Lagrenée le jeune, 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.
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