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Barye, Antoine Louis, bah REE, ahn TWAHN lwee (1796-1875), was a French sculptor and painter famous for his bronze statues of animals. Barye's major works are noted for their precise and naturalistic anatomical figures of both animals and humans. His bronzes of fierce lions and tigers in combat especially appealed to artists of the romantic movement of his day.
Morisot, Berthe, maw ree ZOH, bairt (1841-1895), was a French painter and an important member of the Impressionist movement. Many of her pictures… More>>
LeNain, Louis, luh NAN, lwee (1597?-1648), was a French artist noted for his paintings of peasant life. His realistic, detailed treatment of the… More>>
Braque, brahk, Georges (1882-1963), was a French artist. In the early 1900's, Braque and Pablo Picasso led the development of cubism, a painting… More>>
Matisse, Henri, mah TEES, ahn REE (1869-1954), a French painter, was one of the most influential artists of the 1900's. He is best known as the… More>>
Gericault, Theodore, ZHAY ree KOH, tay aw DAWR (1791-1824), a French artist, was one of the first romantic painters. His most famous work, The Raft… More>>
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