MOREAU, French family of artists (brothers)

Louis-Gabriel Moreau (called Moreau the Elder) was a painter and engraver, known as aan innovative landscapist. His younger brother Jean-Michel Moreau (called Moreau the Younger) was a book illustrator and a recorder of contemporary manners and events. Horace Vernet was Jean-Michel's grandson, from the marriage of his daughter to Carle Vernet.