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Biografie Alexis Grimou
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1678 |
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Born in Argenteuil (near Paris)
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1704 |
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Married a niece of the tavern-keeper Procope, whose house in Paris was a meeting-place for artists
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1705 |
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Approved by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
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1709 |
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Although instructed by the Académie to paint as his morceaux de réception portraits of the sculptor Jean Raon (1630–1707) and the painter Antoine Coypel, he failed to present either picture and in 1709 the agrément was annulled
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1709 |
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Joined the Académie de St Luc
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1733 |
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Died in Paris, France
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy
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Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France
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State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
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