Louis Laguerre

Louis Laguerre (* 1663 in Versailles, † April 20, 1721 in London ) was a painter of the Baroque.

His father came from Catalonia and was overseer of the royal menagerie at Versailles, where he stood in high favor of King Louis XIV. His son was therefore formed at the Jesuit College in Paris. His artistic talent was discovered early on, so he was sent to the school of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, working under Charles le Brun. However, the end of 1683 he moved to England, where he worked as a student of Antonio Verrio in the painting of Burghley and Chatsworth House. He excelled in artistic quality but soon Verrio, so that he became a leading representative of the monumental decorative painting in England soon. He created wall and ceiling paintings in Marlborough House and other London town houses and numerous country houses such as Blenheim Palace and Petworth House. However, in a European comparison, his works are just as mediocre. After 1710 he was surpassed by James Thornhill, so he turned to the portrait and history painting.

In his first marriage he was married to a daughter of the blacksmith's art Tijou Jean, who was just as he has in the development of Hampton Court Palace. His son was the singer and painter John Laguerre. In old age he became ill with dropsy and died in 1721 of a stroke. He was buried in the church of St. Martin-in -the-Fields.