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Louis Adrien Masreliez BIOGRAPHY
1748 Paris - 1810. Known for: Painting, decoration of Swedish palaces.
Louis Masreliez was the most talented painter in a family of distinguished French artists and decorators that achieved renown in Sweden in the second half of the 18th century, working in the court of... Read full biography
Louis Masreliez was the most talented painter in a family of distinguished French artists and decorators that achieved renown in Sweden in the second half of the 18th century, working in the court of King Gustav III. He was born in Paris, the son of the ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez... Read full biography
Louis Masreliez was the most talented painter in a family of distinguished French artists and decorators that achieved renown in Sweden in the second half of the 18th century, working in the court of King Gustav III. He was born in Paris, the son of the ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez (1717-1806) and elder brother of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Masreliez (1753-1801), and joined his family in Sweden in 1753, at the age of five. Something of a prodigy, Louis began his education at the Royal... Read full biography
Louis Masreliez was the most talented painter in a family of distinguished French artists and decorators that achieved renown in Sweden in the second half of the 18th century, working in the court of King Gustav III. He was born in Paris, the son of the ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez (1717-1806) and elder brother of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Masreliez (1753-1801), and joined his family in Sweden in 1753, at the age of five. Something of a prodigy, Louis began his education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (‘Ritakademien’) at the age of ten. Since the Academy did not include painting in its curriculum, he trained in Stockholm in the workshop of the ornamental painter Lorens Gottman (1708-1779). In 1769, Louis Masreliez... Read full biography
Louis Masreliez was the most talented painter in a family of distinguished French artists and decorators that achieved renown in Sweden in the second half of the 18th century, working in the court of King Gustav III. He was born in Paris, the son of the ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez (1717-1806) and elder brother of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Masreliez (1753-1801), and joined his family in Sweden in 1753, at the age of five. Something of a prodigy, Louis began his education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (‘Ritakademien’) at the age of ten. Since the Academy did not include painting in its curriculum, he trained in Stockholm in the workshop of the ornamental painter Lorens Gottman (1708-1779). In 1769, Louis Masreliez received a study grant which took him to Paris, Bologna and Rome, where he entered a circle of young Italian, German and French artists (including... Read full biography
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Louis Masreliez was the most talented painter in a family of distinguished French artists and decorators that achieved renown in Sweden in the second half of the 18th century, working in the court of King Gustav III. He was born in Paris, the son of the ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez (1717-1806) and elder brother of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Masreliez (1753-1801), and joined his family in Sweden in 1753, at the age of five. Something of a prodigy, Louis began his education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (‘Ritakademien’) at the age of ten. Since the Academy did not include painting in its curriculum, he trained in Stockholm in the workshop of the ornamental painter Lorens Gottman (1708-1779). In 1769, Louis Masreli...But wait, there's more...
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