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Born |
Luigi Aloys-François-Joseph Loir 22 December 1845 Goritz |
Died | 9 February 1916 Paris |
(aged 70)
Occupation | Painter Lithographer |
Luigi Loir (22 December 1845, Goritz (Austria) (now Nova Gorica in Slovenia) – 9 February 1916, Paris) was a French painter, illustrator and lithographer.
Luigi Loir was the son of Tancrède Loir François and Thérèse Leban, his wife, respectively valet and housekeeper of the French royal family in exile in Austria. Installed in the duchy of Parma in 1847, Luigi Loir studied at the school of Fine Arts of Parma in 1853. A landscape painter, his first known painting is Paysage à Villiers-sur Seine (1865), two years after his return to Paris. He became known for his ceiling paintings and worked with Jean Pastelot (1820–1870).
He realized some drawings for the biscuits brand LU and participated to the battles of Le Bourget during the Franco-Prussian War.
He was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1898
Le Métropolitain (1899), National Gallery in Prague.
Avant l'embarquement, effet crépusculaire (1893), Bar-le-Duc, musée barrois.