Pierre L'Enfant (painter)

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Pierre L'Enfant
Battle of Lauffeldt
Born(1704-08-26)August 26, 1704
DiedJune 23, 1787(1787-06-23) (aged 82)
NationalityFrench
EducationRoyal Academy of Painting and Sculpture
SpouseMarie Charlotte Luillier
ChildrenPierre Charles L'Enfant

Pierre L'Enfant (August 26, 1704 – June 23, 1787) was an 18th-century French painter whose son, Pierre Charles, designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C.

Biography

L'Enfant was born in

landscapes; his most famous of his paintings were those depicting the War of the Austrian Succession: especially a series of panoramas tracing the war in the Low Countries between 1744 and 1748. The Palace of Versailles has four of his paintings, Prise de Menin, Siège de Fribourg, Siège de Tournai, and Siège de Mons. He married Marie Charlotte Luillier. Together, they had Pierre Joseph (1752–1758), firstborn, died aged six, and Pierre Charles (1754–1825), designer of Washington, D.C. (capital city of the United States). He died in the Gobelins district of Paris on June 23, 1787.[1]

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