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Louis Carrogis Carmontelle

French painter

Died when: 89 years 133 days (1072 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (b.Paris, 15 August 1717 – d.Paris, 26 December 1806) was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer, author, and designer of one of the earliest examples of the French landscape garden, Parc Monceau in Paris.

He also invented the transparent, an early ancestor of the magic lantern and motion picture, for viewing moving bands of landscape paintings.


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