biography
pronunciation:
[robair]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1733–1808)
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| biography:
| Landscape painter, born in Paris, France. He spent 11 years in Italy (1754–65), where he befriended and worked with Fragonard. Returning to Paris, he joined the French Royal Academy in 1766. He painted romantic Italian landscapes, Roman ruins, and views of Paris and the S of France. Appointed keeper of Louis XVI's pictures, he was also one of the first curators of the Louvre. |
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