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

Germain Pilon (1525 - 1590)
Germain Pilon
1525 - 1590
Karl Bodmer (1809 - 1893)
Karl Bodmer
1809 - 1893
Michel Sementzeff (1933 - 2019)
Michel Sementzeff
1933 - 2019
Jean Grandville (1803 - 1847)
Jean Grandville
1803 - 1847
Julien Caussé (1869 - 1914)
Julien Caussé
1869 - 1914
Francois-Edouard Zier (1856 - 1924)
Francois-Edouard Zier
1856 - 1924
Master of Marguerite de Willerval (XV century)
Master of Marguerite de Willerval
XV century
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824 - 1887)
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
1824 - 1887
Jules Noel (1815 - 1881)
Jules Noel
1815 - 1881
Pierre-César Honoré Pons (1773 - 1851)
Pierre-César Honoré Pons
1773 - 1851
Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766)
Jean-Marc Nattier
1685 - 1766
Jules-Charles Le Bozec (1898 - 1973)
Jules-Charles Le Bozec
1898 - 1973
Raymond Martinez (1944)
Raymond Martinez
1944
Kurt Trumpedach (1943 - 2013)
Kurt Trumpedach
1943 - 2013
François Dumont (1751 - 1831)
François Dumont
1751 - 1831
Polydore de Bec (1799 - 1874)
Polydore de Bec
1799 - 1874

Creators Rococo

Jacques-Charles Dutillieu (1718 - 1782)
Jacques-Charles Dutillieu
1718 - 1782
Francis Hayman (1708 - 1776)
Francis Hayman
1708 - 1776
 Canaletto (1697 - 1768)
Canaletto
1697 - 1768
Francesco Zugno (1708 - 1787)
Francesco Zugno
1708 - 1787
Antonio Rossi (1700 - 1753)
Antonio Rossi
1700 - 1753
Joseph Ducreux (1735 - 1802)
Joseph Ducreux
1735 - 1802
Pieter Angellis (1685 - 1734)
Pieter Angellis
1685 - 1734
Innocenzo Spinazzi (1726 - 1798)
Innocenzo Spinazzi
1726 - 1798
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe (1716 - 1754)
Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe
1716 - 1754
Anton Michelsen (1809 - 1877)
Anton Michelsen
1809 - 1877
Pierre Lepautre (1659 - 1744)
Pierre Lepautre
1659 - 1744
Jacobus Linthorst (1745 - 1815)
Jacobus Linthorst
1745 - 1815
Franz Ignaz Günther (1725 - 1775)
Franz Ignaz Günther
1725 - 1775
Georg Lisiewski (1674 - 1750)
Georg Lisiewski
1674 - 1750
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1697 - 1771)
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli
1697 - 1771
Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784)
Allan Ramsay
1713 - 1784
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