Louis-Michel van Loo

Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-03-02 – 1771-03-20) was a French painter.

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1707-03-02 - 1771-03-20 - French - Painter

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He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, and he won a prize at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris in 1725. With his uncle, the painter Charles-André van Loo, he went to Rome in 1727–1732, and in 1736 he became court painter to Philip V of Spain at Madrid, where he was a founder-member of the Academy in 1752. He returned to Paris in 1753, and painted many portraits of Louis XV of France. In 1765 he succeeded Charles-André as director of the special school of the French academy known as the École Royale des Élèves Protégés.

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Jean-Baptiste van Loo - Turin - Rome - Paris - Charles-André van Loo - Philip V of Spain - Madrid - Louis XV of France

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Among his brothers were the painters François van Loo (1708–1732) and Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795).

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1708 - 1732 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo - 1719 - 1795

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