Louis Masreliez (1748 – 1810)

• Born Adrien Louis Masreliez, was a French-born, Swedish painter and interior designer.
• Masreliez was born in Paris and came to Sweden at the age of 5 in 1753.

• He was the son of French ornamental sculptor Adrien Masreliez and the elder brother of sculptor Jean Baptiste Masreliez.

• He began his education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 10.

• He studied in Stockholm at the workshop of ornament painter Lorens Gottman.

• In 1769 he was given a study grant which he used to travel to Paris, Bologna and Rome to study.

• In 1783, Louis Masreliez was called back to Sweden after his twelve-year absence.

• Following his returned to Sweden, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. 

• The following year he was made a professor of art history. 

• He became rector of the Academy in 1802 and director in 1805. 

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