Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau
French painter
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| Intro | French painter | ||
| A.K.A. | Louis-Jean-Jacques Durameau Louis Jean Jacques Durameau Louis Jean Jacques Du Rameau Louis-Jacques Durameau Louis Jean Jacques Rameau Louis Jean Jacques du Rameau | ||
| A.K.A. | Louis-Jean-Jacques Durameau Louis Jean Jacques Durameau Louis Jean Jacques Du Rameau Louis-Jacques Durameau Louis Jean Jacques Rameau Louis Jean Jacques du Rameau | ||
| Places | France | ||
| was | Painter | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | 1733, Paris, France | ||
| Death | 4 September 1796Versailles, France (aged 63 years) | ||
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Biography
Louis-Jacques Durameau (Paris, 5 October 1733- Versailles, 3 September 1796) was a French painter.
Life
A son of Jacques Durameau (master printer in intaglio) and Marie Rocou (or Rocan), he was intended for an engraver by his father and trained in drawing at the studio of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Defernex. He then entered the studio of Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. In 1757, he won the Grand prix de Rome, with the subject Élie ressuscite le fils de la Sunamite. He died at the age of 62 of a pulmonary congestion after a trip to Paris on foot.