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Charles François Grenier de Lacroix BIOGRAPHY
c.1700 Marseille - 1782 Berlin. Known for: Landscape and marine painting inspired by Vernet, Kapeller, and d'Arles.
CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX DE MARSEILLE, Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. While Lacroix is known for his numerous marine and imaginary landscapes, often produced in pairs and in smaller formats.... Read full biography
CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX DE MARSEILLE, Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. While Lacroix is known for his numerous marine and imaginary landscapes, often produced in pairs and in smaller formats. Lacroix's years of training are not documented. His name suggests that he was probably born in the port... Read full biography
CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX DE MARSEILLE, Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. While Lacroix is known for his numerous marine and imaginary landscapes, often produced in pairs and in smaller formats. Lacroix's years of training are not documented. His name suggests that he was probably born in the port city of Marseille and, due to clear stylistic parallels to the oeuvre of Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), it is assumed that Lacroix was his student. The two earliest known works by Lacroix are... Read full biography
CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX DE MARSEILLE, Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. While Lacroix is known for his numerous marine and imaginary landscapes, often produced in pairs and in smaller formats. Lacroix's years of training are not documented. His name suggests that he was probably born in the port city of Marseille and, due to clear stylistic parallels to the oeuvre of Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), it is assumed that Lacroix was his student. The two earliest known works by Lacroix are Italian sea views signed and dated 1743, exhibited at Galerie Heim in Paris in 1956 and executed in a style that closely approaches that of Vernet.In 1750 Lacroix was in Rome, where he met the Marquis de Vandières (1727–1781). Located today in the Toledo... Read full biography
CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX DE MARSEILLE, Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. While Lacroix is known for his numerous marine and imaginary landscapes, often produced in pairs and in smaller formats. Lacroix's years of training are not documented. His name suggests that he was probably born in the port city of Marseille and, due to clear stylistic parallels to the oeuvre of Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), it is assumed that Lacroix was his student. The two earliest known works by Lacroix are Italian sea views signed and dated 1743, exhibited at Galerie Heim in Paris in 1956 and executed in a style that closely approaches that of Vernet.In 1750 Lacroix was in Rome, where he met the Marquis de Vandières (1727–1781). Located today in the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, his harbour view signed “Grenier. De La.Crois. Fecit Rom 1750” is considered one of his gr... Read full biography
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Charles-François Grenier De LaCroix, Charles Francois Grenier, Charles Francois Lacroix de Marseille
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CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX DE MARSEILLE, Mediterranean harbour views. 1776. While Lacroix is known for his numerous marine and imaginary landscapes, often produced in pairs and in smaller formats. Lacroix's years of training are not documented. His name suggests that he was probably born in the port city of Marseille and, due to clear stylistic parallels to the oeuvre of Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), it is assumed that Lacroix was his student.
The two earliest known works by Lacroix are Italian sea views signed and dated 1743, exhibited at Galerie Heim in Paris in 1956 and executed in a style that closely approaches that of Vernet.In 1750 Lacroix was in Rome, where he met the Marquis de Vandières (1727–1781...But wait, there's more...
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