Jacques Adrien Masreliez (Grenoble 15 May 1717 - 28 October 1806) was a French ornamental sculptor called to Sweden in 1748 to head the interior decoration of the new

Royal Palace in Stockholm Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace ( sv, Stockholms slott or ) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch (King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia use Drottningholm Palace as their usual residence). Stockholm Pala ...

. The work involved the completion of 250 rooms in anticipation of the royal family moving into the Palace. Masreliez also headed the decoration work at the

Drottningholm Palace The Drottningholm Palace ( sv, Drottningholms slott) is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. Drottningholm is near the capital Stockholm. Built on the island Lovön (in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County), it is one of Swede ...

and the theatre at Drottningholm, and produced work in other palaces and manors in the vicinity of Stockholm, and in the Cathedrals of

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and

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. Masreliez was for many years responsible for the training of young artists at the new Academy of Arts, a position that came with that of royal ornamental sculptor (''kunglig ornamentsbildhuggare''). When he retired in 1776, he was succeeded in both positions by his son

Jean Baptiste Masreliez Jean Baptiste Edouard Barbe Masreliez (31 August 1753 – 25 May 1801) was a Swedish sculptor. Born the son of the French-born sculptor Jacques Adrien Masreliez, he was trained under his father and studied in France before being called back to part ...

. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 1773. Another son of his was

Louis Masreliez Louis Masreliez (1748 – 19 March 1810), born Adrien Louis Masreliez, was a French born, Swedish painter and interior designer. Biography Masreliez was born in Paris and came to Sweden at the age of 5 in 1753. He was the son of French ornam ...

. Both sons were to continue his work on the Royal Palace.

References

*Meyerson, Åke: ''Masreliez, Jacques Adrien", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, Vol. 25, p. 236. {{DEFAULTSORT:Masreliez, Adrien 17th-century French sculptors French male sculptors 18th-century French sculptors French interior designers Swedish male sculptors Swedish interior designers 1717 births 1806 deaths 18th-century French male artists