Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (1717 - 1806)

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Louis Carrogis Carmontelle

Louis Carrogis, better known as Carmontelle was a French artist, garden designer, architect, playwright and inventor.

Carmontelle was of simple origins but versatilely gifted. He wrote several plays and three novels, and created portraits of historical figures. He became famous for his painting of little Mozart at the clavier. In the service of Louis-Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, he was responsible for the theatrical performances for the family as stage designer and stage director.

Carmontelle is the planner and designer of one of the earliest examples of a French landscape garden in Paris, now known as Parc Monceau. In designing the garden, Carmontel rejected many of the fashionable trends in landscape design at the time, drawing inspiration from Japanese pleasure gardens and insisting on incorporating illusion and fantasy.

Carmontelle is also credited as the inventor of animated images. Translucent tape with landscapes depicted on it was slowly rolled from one roll to another against a backdrop of daylight, thus creating the illusion of walking through a garden.

Date and place of birt:15 august 1717, Paris, France
Date and place of death:26 december 1806, Paris, France
Nationality:France
Period of activity: XVIII, XIX century
Specialization:Architect, Artist, Designer, Inventor, Painter, Playwright, Scenographer
Genre:Genre art, Portrait
Art style:Rococo

Creators France

Léopold Survage (1879 - 1968)
Léopold Survage
1879 - 1968
Vincent Batbedat (1932 - 2010)
Vincent Batbedat
1932 - 2010
Eugène Boch (1855 - 1941)
Eugène Boch
1855 - 1941
Carmen Mondragón (1893 - 1978)
Carmen Mondragón
1893 - 1978
Victor Koulbak (1946)
Victor Koulbak
1946
Francoise Gilot (1921 - 2023)
Francoise Gilot
1921 - 2023
André Breton (1896 - 1966)
André Breton
1896 - 1966
Sergey Ivanovich Sedrac (1878 - 1974)
Sergey Ivanovich Sedrac
1878 - 1974
Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)
Pierre Corneille
1606 - 1684
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (1831 - 1900)
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière
1831 - 1900
Jules-Charles Le Bozec (1898 - 1973)
Jules-Charles Le Bozec
1898 - 1973
René Just Haüy (1743 - 1822)
René Just Haüy
1743 - 1822
Claude Audran III (1658 - 1734)
Claude Audran III
1658 - 1734
Memos Makrisz (1913 - 1993)
Memos Makrisz
1913 - 1993
Jan Meyer (1927 - 1995)
Jan Meyer
1927 - 1995
Giovanni Francesco Rustici (1474 - 1554)
Giovanni Francesco Rustici
1474 - 1554

Creators Rococo

Jean Barbault (1718 - 1762)
Jean Barbault
1718 - 1762
Laurent Delvaux (1696 - 1778)
Laurent Delvaux
1696 - 1778
Jean-Bernard Restout (1732 - 1797)
Jean-Bernard Restout
1732 - 1797
Peter Adolf Hall (1739 - 1793)
Peter Adolf Hall
1739 - 1793
William Wyld (1806 - 1889)
William Wyld
1806 - 1889
Dmitry Grigoryevich Levitzky (1735 - 1822)
Dmitry Grigoryevich Levitzky
1735 - 1822
Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (1687 - 1775)
Carlo Innocenzo Carlone
1687 - 1775
Auguste Borget (1808 - 1877)
Auguste Borget
1808 - 1877
Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754 - 1829)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault
1754 - 1829
Henry Cheere (1703 - 1781)
Henry Cheere
1703 - 1781
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696 - 1770)
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
1696 - 1770
Pietro Longhi (1701 - 1785)
Pietro Longhi
1701 - 1785
Jean-Pierre Latz (1691 - 1754)
Jean-Pierre Latz
1691 - 1754
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757 - 1825)
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky
1757 - 1825
Carl Christophe Point ()
Carl Christophe Point
Giuseppe Rusnati (1650 - 1713)
Giuseppe Rusnati
1650 - 1713
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