Early Life, Family and Training Louis Belanger was born in Paris on 25 August 1756. He grew up in a household where design and structure were part of the family language, as he was the brother of the architect and draughtsman François-Joseph Bélanger. While his brother focused on the lines of buildings, Louis turned his attention toward the natural world, eventually becoming a landscape artist. His early training involved studying under Francesco Casanova and Louis-Gabriel Moreau. Through Moreau, specifically Louis-Gabriel Moreau the Elder, he learned the nuances of landscape composition. T…