Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (25 August 1719 – 15 November 1795) was a French painter of allegorical scenes and portraits. He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, in Italy and in France, where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence, before returning to Paris in 1745. He was invited to join the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1747, and that year he married his cousin Marie-Marguerite Lebrun, daughter of the painter Michel Lebrun (died 1753).
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Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo · Public domain
- Born
- 1719 · Rivoli.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · artist · portraitist
- Fields
- visual arts · painting · portrait painting
- Education
- Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
- Teachers
- Jean-Baptiste van Loo
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (25 August 1719 – 15 November 1795) was a French painter of allegorical scenes and portraits. He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, in Italy and in France, where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence, before returning to Paris in 1745. He was invited to join the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1747, and that year he married his cousin Marie-Marguerite Lebrun, daughter of the painter Michel Lebrun (died 1753).
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He was the author of the only known real-life portrait of the Marquis de Sade. Among his brothers were the painters François van Loo (1708–1732) and Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771). • Illustration — The Toilet of a Sultana, Louvre Museum
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo studied at Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Training under Jean-Baptiste van Loo is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts, painting and portrait painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Milwaukee Art Museum, Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
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Gżdacz · Own work, derivative of public domain works File:Jacob Van Loo Self Portrait.jpg, File:Carle van Loo by Louis-Michel van Loo.jpg, File:Labille-Guiard, van Loo.jpg, File:Van Loo, Louis Michel.jpg
La Toilette d'une sultane par Charles-Amédée Van Loo (Louvre INV 6386; MR 2584)
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• Father — Jean-Baptiste van Loo
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1719
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo born at Rivoli.
1795
Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo died at Paris.
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