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Louis Loir (1845 -1916) was a French painter, illustrator and lithographer.
Born in Goritz, Austria. In 1847 he moved to the duchy of Parma, where he studied at the school of Fine Arts in 1853. Read the full biography

Louis Loir (1845 -1916) was a French painter, illustrator and lithographer.
Born in Goritz, Austria. In 1847 he moved to the duchy of Parma, where he studied at the school of Fine Arts 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).
Loir was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1898. He died in Paris in 1916.