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Nicolas Lavreince BIOGRAPHY
1737 Stockholm - 1807 Stockholm. Known for: Miniature painting in gouache.
Niklas Lafrensen, also known as Nicolas Lavreince or Lavrince, was a Swedish draftsman and painter born in Stockholm in 1737. He was the son of the Swedish miniaturist Niclas Lafrensen dit le Vieux,... Read full biography
Niklas Lafrensen, also known as Nicolas Lavreince or Lavrince, was a Swedish draftsman and painter born in Stockholm in 1737. He was the son of the Swedish miniaturist Niclas Lafrensen dit le Vieux, and became a pupil of his father. Lafrensen initially focused on miniature painting before moving to... Read full biography
Niklas Lafrensen, also known as Nicolas Lavreince or Lavrince, was a Swedish draftsman and painter born in Stockholm in 1737. He was the son of the Swedish miniaturist Niclas Lafrensen dit le Vieux, and became a pupil of his father. Lafrensen initially focused on miniature painting before moving to Paris in 1771, where he painted small portraits in watercolor and oil. He was appointed a member of the Academy of Stockholm and court painter in 1773, but returned to Paris in 1774. There, he... Read full biography
Niklas Lafrensen, also known as Nicolas Lavreince or Lavrince, was a Swedish draftsman and painter born in Stockholm in 1737. He was the son of the Swedish miniaturist Niclas Lafrensen dit le Vieux, and became a pupil of his father. Lafrensen initially focused on miniature painting before moving to Paris in 1771, where he painted small portraits in watercolor and oil. He was appointed a member of the Academy of Stockholm and court painter in 1773, but returned to Paris in 1774. There, he produced many drawings of rococo style intended to serve as models for engravers, inspired by the cheerful and graceful spirit of the end of the Ancien Régime. Lavreince painted the figures in Bellanger's works and his subjects, either gallant, playful, or... Read full biography
Niklas Lafrensen, also known as Nicolas Lavreince or Lavrince, was a Swedish draftsman and painter born in Stockholm in 1737. He was the son of the Swedish miniaturist Niclas Lafrensen dit le Vieux, and became a pupil of his father. Lafrensen initially focused on miniature painting before moving to Paris in 1771, where he painted small portraits in watercolor and oil. He was appointed a member of the Academy of Stockholm and court painter in 1773, but returned to Paris in 1774. There, he produced many drawings of rococo style intended to serve as models for engravers, inspired by the cheerful and graceful spirit of the end of the Ancien Régime. Lavreince painted the figures in Bellanger's works and his subjects, either gallant, playful, or playful, were reproduced by about thirty contemporary engravers. He returned to Stockholm after 1791 and painted portraits, small... Read full biography
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Niklas Lafrensen, also known as Nicolas Lavreince or Lavrince, was a Swedish draftsman and painter born in Stockholm in 1737. He was the son of the Swedish miniaturist Niclas Lafrensen dit le Vieux, and became a pupil of his father.
Lafrensen initially focused on miniature painting before moving to Paris in 1771, where he painted small portraits in watercolor and oil. He was appointed a member of the Academy of Stockholm and court painter in 1773, but returned to Paris in 1774. There, he produced many drawings of rococo style intended to serve as models for engravers, inspired by the cheerful and graceful spirit of the end of the Ancien Régime.
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