Luigi Loir
French landscape painter and illustrator
Luigi Loir was a French painter, illustrator and lithographer. Luigi Loir was born in Goritz, Austria. He 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. His first known painting is Paysage à Villiers-sur Seine (1865), painted two years after his return to Paris. He was primarily a landscape painter. He also became known for his ceiling paintings and worked with Jean Pastelot (1820–1870). He realized some drawings for the biscuits brand LU and participated in the battles of Le Bourget during the Franco-Prussian War. Loir was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1898 He died in Paris in 1916.
Artworks by this artist (37 total)
- Fête foraine
- La Fête Nautique 1873
- Les Quais De La Seine, 1900
- Mi-carême à Paris 1912
- Un coin de Bercy pendant l’inondaton 1879
- Le Manège 1900
- Le boulevard du Palais, vu de la place Saint-Michel 1888
- On The Beach
- View of the Beach and Casino at Dieppe
- Fête de la place du Trône, Paris 1890
- The Pont d’Alma at Twilight c.1914
- Marché aux fleurs sous la neige
- Au rendez-vous des canotiers 1872
- Les Bords De La Seine Près Du Pont De Bercy
- La Place de la République, Paris circa 1880s
- Sur le boulevard Berthier, Paris
- La rue des Nations, à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900 1900
- View of the Val de Grâce Street in Paris, the Val de Grâce church in the background
- La guignette en bord de Seine
- La Porte De Chatillon, Paris