Van Blarenberghe was the name of a dynasty of painters, originally from French Flanders (Lille), but some of the most famous descendants also lived in Paris, France.
Louis-Nicolas had a son who was also a painter and with whom he often collaborated: Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe (24 November 1750 – 1 December 1826).
Together with his father they stayed at the Palace of Versailles, where they worked as miniaturists for the high society of their day.
An enormous collection of Blarenberghe art was sold in the Mentmore Towers sale of 1977.
He was the drawing teacher of the French princes, and founder and first conservator of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.