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Louis Gabriel Moreau

Louis Gabriel Moreau (1740 - 1806) was active/lived in France.  Louis Moreau is known for Painting, draftsman, etching, landscape painting.

Louis Gabriel Moreau was born in 1740 in Paris. He became a gifted draughtsman, etcher and painter of landscapes and had a prodigious career. After studying with Pierre-Antoine de Machy, who specialized in painting Grand Tour themes, landscapes redolent with Classical ruins and tromp-l'oeil architectural scenes, Moreau went on to become a member of the Academie de St. Luc, artist to Comte d'Artois (later King Charles X), and curator of the National Museum in Paris. Moreau, a master of watercolors and gouaches, combined the picturesque architectures of his master de Machy with naturalistically, almost plein-air-rendered, topographical landscapes in the Ile-de-France region just outside of Paris. Moreau's fascination with the effects of light at different times of the day precipitated his use of a lighter palette, characterized by warm yellows and verdant foliage punctuated by deep ultramarine blues instead of browns. Moreau's predilection for natural light made him equally succeBeaux-Arts: Chronique des Arts et de la Curiosite 9 (1939): 93; Hughes, Katherine. "New Worcester Art Museum Formally Opened to Public". Boston Herald. 9 Jan.,1993: 11; "Coordination". Springfield Republican. 1 Jan. 1933: 44; "Master Drawings." Arts Magazine 8:28 (1933): 28; "Louis-Gabriel Moreau". Oxford Art Online. 2007-2016. Web. 31 July 2016.   ...  [Displaying 1348 of 2119 characters.]  Artist bio

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