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Corot, Camille

Corot, Camille, kaw ROH, ka MEE yuh (1796-1875), was a French landscape and figure painter. His work formed an artistic bridge between the tradition of classical composition of the early 1800's and the Romantic movement's concern with nature which led to Impressionism. More »

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Barye, Antoine Louis

Barye, Antoine Louis, bah REE, ahn TWAHN lwee (1796-1875), was a French sculptor and painter... More >>

Bonheur, Rosa

Bonheur, baw NUR, Rosa (1822-1899), a French artist, was the most successful female painter of... More >>

Boucher, Francois

Boucher, Francois, boo SHAY, frahn SWAH (1703-1770), was a leading painter in France during the... More >>

Braque, Georges

Braque, brahk, Georges (1882-1963), was a French artist. In the early 1900's, Braque and Pablo... More >>

Breton, Jules Adolphe

Breton, Jules Adolphe, bruh TAWN, zhool ah DAWLF (1827-1906), was a French painter known for his... More >>

Cezanne, Paul

Cezanne, say ZAHN, Paul (1839-1906), a French painter, was one of the most significant painters... More >>

Chardin, Jean Baptiste Simeon

Chardin, shahr DAN, Jean Baptiste Simeon (1699-1779), is now regarded as one of the great French... More >>

Claude

Claude (1600-1682) was a French painter who established a tradition of landscape painting that... More >>

Corot, Camille

Corot, Camille, kaw ROH, ka MEE yuh (1796-1875), was a French landscape and figure painter. His... More >>

Courbet, Gustave

Courbet, koor BEH, Gustave (1819-1877), a French painter, helped found the Realist movement in... More >>

David, Jacques Louis

David, Jacques Louis, dah VEED, zhahk lwee (1748-1825), was the leading French painter during the... More >>

Degas, Edgar

Degas, duh GAH, Edgar (1834-1917), was a French impressionist painter. Like the other... More >>

Delacroix, Eugene

Delacroix, Eugene, duh lah KRWAH, oo ZHEHN (1798-1863), was the chief representative of the... More >>

Dubuffet, Jean

Dubuffet, Jean, dyoo byoo FEH, zhahn (1901-1985), was a French artist known for the primitive... More >>

Duchamp, Marcel

Duchamp, doo SHAHN, Marcel (1887-1968), was a French-born artist and a leader of the modern... More >>


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