Louis Carrogis Carmontelle

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Self-portrait, 1762.
Born	Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (1717-08-15)15 August 1717 Paris, France
Died	26 December 1806(1806-12-26) (aged 89) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting, watercolor painting
Movement	Rococo

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (15 August 1717 – 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.