Louis-François Cassas (1756 - 1827)
1756-06-03Azay-le-Ferron, France1827-11-01Versailles, FranceFrance
Louis-François Cassas
Louis-François Cassas was a distinguished French landscape painter, sculptor, architect, archeologist and antiquary.
Besides his architectural and archaeological drawings and sketches, he drew numerous costumes studies, views and processions, as well as scenes from daily life, plants and animals of all sorts. He also exhibited views of his travels at the "Salons", which were periodic art exhibitions sponsored by the French Académie Royale, in 1804 and 1814, and published Picturesque views of the Principal Sites and Monuments of Greece, of Sicily, and of the Seven Hills of Rome, of which thirty parts had already been published by 1813.
Date and place of birt: | 3 june 1756, Azay-le-Ferron, France |
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Date and place of death: | 1 november 1827, Versailles, France |
Nationality: | France |
Period of activity: | XVIII, XIX century |
Specialization: | Architect, Artist, Draftsman, Graphic artist, Painter, Sculptor |
Genre: | Landscape painting |
Art style: | Romanticism, Neoclassicism, Rococo |