The following is a chronological list of artistic movements or periods in France indicating artists who are sometimes associated or grouped with those movements. See also European art history, Art history and History of Painting and Art movement. Medieval Art Main article: Medieval art Art during Medieval times was almost exclusively concerned with Christianity. ... Art history usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ... Prehistoric painting cave painting Ancient painting Medieval painting The Renaissance Early Renaissance painting Renaissance Classicism Italian Renaissance painting Northern European Renaissance painting High Renaissance painting Mannerism Baroque Early Baroque High Baroque 18th Century Rococo Neoclassicism 19th Century Romanticism Academic art Realism Naturalism Impressionism Symbolism Post-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism Art Nouveau... An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time (usually a few months, years or decades). ...

School of Fontainebleau

The École de Fontainebleau was two periods of artistic production during the Renaissance centered around the Château of Fontainebleau. The Ecole de Fontainebleau refers to two periods of artistic production in France during the late Renaissance centered around the royal Château of Fontainebleau. ... The central range of Fontainebleau The Royal Château of Fontainebleau (in the Seine-et-Marne département), the largest of the French royal châteaux, introduced to France the Italian Mannerist style in interior decoration and in gardens, and transformed them in the translation. ...

First School (from 1531)

• Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo de' Rossi) (1494-1540) (Italian)
• Francesco Primaticcio (c.1505-1570) (Italian)
• Niccolò dell'Abbate (c.1509-1571) (Italian)

Second School (from 1590s) Categories: People stubs | 1504 births | 1570 deaths | Italian architects | Italian painters | Renaissance art ... Niccolo dell Abbate (also known as Nicolò dellAbbate and Niccolo Abati), (b. ...

• Ambroise Dubois (c.1542-1614) (Flemish born)
• Toussaint Dubreuil (c.1561-1602)
• Martin Fréminet (1567-1619)

Classicism

See as well Louis XIV of France, Palace of Versailles, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Gobelins, Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin Mansart, Baroque Art and architecture in France in the early 17th century are generally referred to as Baroque. ... Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Versailles: Louis Le Vau opened up the interior court to create the expansive entrance cour dhonneur, later copied all over Europe Versailles: Garden front The Château de Versailles — often called the Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles — is a royal château, outside the gates of which the... Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (August 29, 1619 – September 6, 1683) served as the French minister of finance for 22 years under King Louis XIV. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy... Gobelin was the name of a family of dyers, who in all probability came originally from Reims, and who in the middle of the 15th century established themselves in the Faubourg Saint Marcel, Paris, on the banks of the Bièvre. ... Louis Le Vau (1612 – 1670) was a French architect who worked for Louis XIV of France. ... Jules Hardouin-Mansart, marble bust by Jean-Louis Lemoyne: a full-dress Baroque portrait bust demonstrates that the Kings architect is no mere craftsman Jules Hardouin-Mansart (Paris, April 16, 1646 – Marly, France, May 11, 1708) was a French architect whose work is generally considered to be the apex... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ...

• Pierre Mignard (1612-1695)
• André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) Landscape architect
• Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
• Pierre Paul Puget (1620-1694)
• François Girardon (1628-1715)
• Charles de la Fosse (1636-1716)
• Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720)
• Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746)
• Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)
• Antoine Coypel (1661-1722)

Pierre Mignard (1610-1695), called—to distinguish him from his brother Nicholas— Le Romain, was a French painter. ... Painting of André Le Nôtre by Carlo Maratti André Le Nôtre (March 12, 1613 - September 15, 1700) was a landscape architect and the gardener of king Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. ... Charles Le Brun Charles Le Brun (February 24, 1619 - February 22, 1690) was a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France. ... Pierre Paul Puget (October 31, 1622 - December 2, 1694), French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer, was born at Marseilles. ... François Girardon (March 17, 1628 - September 1, 1715) was a French sculptor. ... Charles de La Fosse (or Lafosse) (1640 - December 13, 1716), French painter, was born in Paris. ... Charles Antoine Coysevox (September 29, 1640 - October 10, French sculptor, was born at Lyons, and belonged to a family which had emigrated from Spain. ... Nicolas de Largillière (October 20, 1656 - March 20, 1746), French painter, was born at Paris. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Hyacinthe Rigaud (July 20, 1659 - December 27, 1743) was a French painter. ... Antoine Coypel (1661 - 1722), son of the French painter Noël Coypel, was still more celebrated than his father. ...

Rococo

The expression "Rococo" is used for much European art throughout the 18th century, including works by the Italians Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Canaletto and Francesco Guardi and the English Thomas Gainsborough, Joshua Reynolds and the furnituremaker Thomas Chippendale. Compared with the 17th century Baroque, Rococo implies a lighter and more playful decorative art; the nude female is frequently featured; chinoiserie is also fashionable. Some of the artists that are most often grouped as "Rococo" are listed below. See as well Régence, Louis XV of France, Palace of Versailles. Rococo movement enlivens the façade of the Cathedral, Càdiz The Rococo style developed as a relief from formalities of Late Baroque interiors. ... The Death of Hyacinth Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770) was a Venetian painter. ... There were 2 artists who went by the name Canaletto. ... The Lagoon Looking toward Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove (1765-70) Oil on canvas, 31,7 x 52,7 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Francesco Guardi (October 5, 1712- January 1, 1793), Venetian painter, was a pupil of Canaletto, and followed his style so closely that pictures are very frequently attributed... Self-portrait, painted 1759 Blue boy, painted 1770 This article is about the artist Thomas Gainsborough. ... Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723–February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of eighteenth-century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the Grand Style in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. ... Thomas Chippendale, the elder (June 5, 1718 - November 1779) was a furniture designer and maker from Otley, West Yorkshire. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... Régence is the French word for (and root of the English word) regency (see that article). ... Louis XV (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), called the Well-Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 to 1774. ... Versailles: Louis Le Vau opened up the interior court to create the expansive entrance cour dhonneur, later copied all over Europe Versailles: Garden front The Château de Versailles — often called the Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles — is a royal château, outside the gates of which the...

• Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) painter
• Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) painter
• Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) painter
• Jean-Baptiste François Pater (1695-1736) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) painter
• Charles Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) painter
• François Boucher (1703-1770) painter, engraver
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) painter

Jean-Antoine Watteau (October 10, 1684 _ July 18, 1721) was a French painter. ... Battle of Lesnaya by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717 Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766), French painter, was born in Paris, the son of Marc Nattier, a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois, a miniaturist. ... Nicolas Lancret (January 22, 1690 - September 14, 1743), French painter, was born in Paris, and became a brilliant depicter of light comedy which reflected the tastes and manners of French society under the regent Orleans. ... Self portrait. ... Rinaldo and Armida gained Bouchers admission to the Académie royale François Boucher (1703 in Bordeaux – May 30, 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, and several... The Bathers, 1765 Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 – August 22, 1806) was a French painter. ...

Romanticism

Most of the early 19th century artists given in the chronological list above have been at some time grouped together under the rubric of "romanticism", including the "realists" (as the Barbizon school) and the "naturalists". Some of the most important are listed here. See also French Revolution, Napoleon I of France, Victor Hugo, orientalism. Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement in the history of ideas that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ... During the French Revolution (1789–1799) democracy and republicanism overthrew the absolute monarchy in France, and the French portion of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (February 26, 1802–May 22, 1885) was a French author, designer, and artist. ... Orientalism is a British term referring to the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures by Westerners. ...

• Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824)
• Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)
• Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1771-1833)
• Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)
• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)
• Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
• Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867)
• Jean-François Millet (1814-1875)
• Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856)
• Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (January 5, 1767 - December 9, French painter, was born at Montargis. ... Napoleon on the battlefield of Preussisch-Eylau (detail), 1808. ... Théodore Géricaults Insane Théodore Géricault (September 26, 1791 in Rouen, Normandy - January 26, 1824) was a famous French painter, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings. ... Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (portrait by Nadar) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (July 26, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter. ... Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863) was an important painter from the French romantic period. ... Pierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau (April 15, 1812 - December 22, 1867), French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. ... Introduction The Sower. ... Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856), French painter, was born in Santo Domingo. ... Doré photographed by Felix Nadar. ...

L'Art-Pompier

See also Academic art, Napoleon III of France, Second Empire. The expression pompier is pejorative and means pompous ; it refers to Academic painters in the mid to late 19th century. Academic art was an art movement, and a style of painting that was in fashion in Europe from the 17th to the 19th century. ... Napoleon III of France Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808, Paris, France – January 9, 1873, Chislehurst, Kent, England) was a President of France, and later, Emperor of the French. ... A Second Empire style house in historic Elgin, Illinois This article is about the Second Empire architectural style. ...

• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)
• Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), self-portrait (1886) Dusks, 1863 William Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 - August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. ... Alexandre Cabanel (September 28, 1823 _ January 23, 1889) was a painter born in United States. ... Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 - 1904) was a French painter and sculptor who produced many works in a historical, Orientalist style. ...

Barbizon School

The École de Barbizon was a landscape and outdoor art movement which preceded Impressionism. The city is near the forest of Fontainebleau. Théodore Rousseau came to the region in 1848 and he subsequently attracted other artists. The Gleaners. ... Location within France Fontainebleau is a city and commune in central France. ...

• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875)
• Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1808-1878) (Born in Spain)
• Constant Troyon (1810-1865)
• Jules Dupré (1811-1889)
• Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867)
• Jean-François Millet (1814-1875)
• Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878)
• Félix Ziem (1821-1911)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (portrait by Nadar) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (July 26, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter. ... Constant Troyon (August 28, 1810 - February 21, 1865), French painter, was born on Sévres, near Paris, where his father was connected with the famous manufactory of china. ... Jules Dupré (1812 - 1889), French painter, was one of the chief members of the Barbizon school of landscape painters. ... Pierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau (April 15, 1812 - December 22, 1867), French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. ... Introduction The Sower. ... Charles-François Daubigny (portrait by Nadar) Charles-François Daubigny (Paris, February 15, 1817 – February 19, 1878 in Paris) was one of the painters of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of Impressionism. ... Félix Ziem (February 26, 1821 – November 10, 1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School. ...

Naturalism

The term is much criticised, but implies a frank and unidealized portrayal of real life, especially of the working classes and agricultural workers (in contrast to Jean-François Millet's idealized paintings of field workers), and locales such as factories, mines and popular cafés. See also the writers Emile Zola, Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant. Naturalism is an outgrowth of Realism, a prominent literary movement in late 19th century France and elsewhere. ... Introduction The Sower. ... mile Zola (April 2, 1840 - September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880), French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists, known especially for his first published novel Madame Bovary, and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style, best exemplified by his endless search for le mot juste (the... Guy de Maupassant Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant (IPA: ) (August 5, 1850–July 6, 1893) was a popular 19th century French writer. ...

• Ignace François Bonhomme (1809-1881)
• Gustave Courbet (1819-1877)
• Théodule Ribot (1824-1891)
• Jean Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884)

Gustave Courbet (portrait by Nadar) Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877) was a French painter. ...

Impressionism

From around 1872. Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. ...

• Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)
• Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
• Edouard Manet (1832-1883) (considered a precursor)
• Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
• Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)
• Claude Monet (1840-1926)
• Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
• Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)

Rivage de Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord by Eugène Boudin. ... The garden at Pontoise, painted 1877. ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917) was a French painter and sculptor. ... Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. ... Claude Monet Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French impressionist painter. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 - December 3, 1919) was a preeminent French painter. ... Self-portrait Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894), was a French painter, patron of the impressionist art movement, and engineer. ...

Post-Impressionism

The term is most often associated with the following artists, though it could equally apply to most of the movements leading up to cubism. A Hundred Years of Independence by Henri Rousseau Post-impressionism is a term applied to painting styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — after impressionism. ...

• Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
• Henri Rousseau ("le Douanier") (1844-1910)
• Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
• Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) (Dutch, worked in France)
• Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859-1891) — see also Pointillism
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

Vase of Flowers (1876) Oil on canvas Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French painter who represents the bridge from impressionism to cubism. ... The Repast of the Lion Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Henri Rousseau Henri Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. ... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Self-portrait (1886) Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Detail from Seurats La Parade (1889), showing the contrasting dots of paint used in pointillism. ... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. ...

Pont-Aven School

Pont-Aven is a town on the coast of Brittany frequented by artists in the late 19th century (1886-1888). Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ...

• Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
• Paul Sérusier (1865-1927)
• Émile Bernard (1868-1941)

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 - May 9, 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... Photo of Paul Sérusier Paul Sérusier (1864, Paris – 1927, Morlaix) was a post-impressionist French painter associated with the les Nabis artists. ... Émile Bernard (April 28, 1868-April 16, 1941), born in Lille, France, was an Impressionist painter. ...

Symbolism

See also Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Verlaine, Huysmans, Symbolist painters. Stéphane Mallarmé (March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898) was a French poet and critic. ... Paul Verlaine illustrated in the frontispiece of , 1902 Paul Marie Verlaine (March 30, 1844 – January 8, 1896) is considered one of the greatest and most popular of French poets. ... Joris-Karl Huysmans (February 5, 1848 - May 12, 1907) was a French novelist. ... Symbolist painters were part of a 19th century movement in which art became infused with mysticism, and by the closely allied Symbolist movement in literature. ...

• Odilon Redon (1840-1916)
• Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898)

Odilon Redon (April 22, 1840 - July 6, 1916) was a symbolist painter. ... Orpheus by Gustave Moreau (1865) Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 - April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, (December 14, 1824 - October 24, 1898) was a French painter. ...

Les Nabis

The expression comes from the Hebrew word for "prophets"; from around 1888. Les Nabis, Art Movement In 1888-89, Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Académie Julian in Paris, France. ...

• Aristide Maillol (1861-1944)
• Paul Signac (1863-1935)
• Paul Ranson (1864-1909)
• Paul Sérusier (1865-1927)
• Félix Vallotton (1865-1925)
• Ker Xavier Roussel (1867-1944)
• Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)
• Édouard Jean Vuillard (1868-1940)
• Georges Lacombe (1868-1916)
• Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
• Henri-Charles Manguin (1874-1943)

Aristide Maillol. ... Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a French Neoimpressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped create Pointillism. ... Paul Ranson (1864 - Paris, February 20, 1909) was a French painter and writer. ... Photo of Paul Sérusier Paul Sérusier (1864, Paris – 1927, Morlaix) was a post-impressionist French painter associated with the les Nabis artists. ... Félix Vallotton was a Franco-Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator and writer (Lausanne 1865-Paris 1925). ... Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 - January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker. ... Jean-Édouard Vuillard (November 11, 1868 - June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis. ... Georges Lacombe (June 18, 1868 - June 29, 1916) was a French sculptor and painter. ... Maurice Denis (November 25, 1870 – November 1943) was a French painter and writer and a member of the Symbolist and Les Nabis movements. ...

Fauvism

Fauvism, or Les Fauves means "wild beasts". They first appeared at the salon of Autumn 1905-1908. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

• Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
• Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)
• André Derain (1880-1954)

Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906). ... Maurice de Vlaminck (April 4, 1876 - October 11, 1958) was a French painter, print-maker and author. ... Charing Cross Bridge, London (1906) André Derain (June 10, 1880 - September 8, 1954) was a French painter and illustrator. ...

Cubism

"Cézanne period" (1907-1909); "Analytic period" (1909-1912); "Synthetic period" (1913-1914). Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist house in Prague Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ...

• Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (Spanish)
• Georges Braque (1882-1963)
• Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
• Louis Marcoussis (Louis Markus) (1883-1941) (Born in Poland)
• Jean Metzinger (1883-1937)
• Juan Gris (1887-1927) (Spanish)
• Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) (Born in Poland)

Young Pablo Picasso The first cubist painting, Les Demoiselles dAvignon (1907) Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism. ... Violin and Candlestick, Paris, spring 1910 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) Georges Braque (May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963) was a French painter and sculptor, and with Pablo Picasso one of the inventors of Cubism. ... Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. ... Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) was a French painter. ... The Sunblind, 1914, Tate Gallery. ... Jacques Lipchitz (August 22, 1891 - May 16, 1973) was a Cubist sculptor. ...

Orphism or the Puteaux Group

Sometimes called "Cubic Orphism"; compare to the British Vorticism. The Puteaux Group is the name applied to a group of European artists and critics associated with Cubism but because of their unique style, were branded a Cubist offshoot called Orphism. ... Wyndam Lewis Vorticism was a short lived, British art movement of the early 20th century. ...

• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) (Italian born poet and art critic, lived in France)
• Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)
• Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
• Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918)
• Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925)
• Albert Gleizes (1881-1952)
• Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957) (Czech, worked in France)
• Henri Le Fauconnier (1881-1946)
• Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
• Louis Marcoussis (1878-1941) (Polish, worked in France)
• Jean Metzinger (1883-1956)
• Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
• Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884-1974)
• Jacques Villon (1875-1963)

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic. ... Robert Delaunay (born April 12, 1885 in Paris, France; died October 25, 1941 in Montpellier, France), French impressionist artist. ... Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was an influential French/American artist. ... Raymond Duchamp-Villon (November 5, 1876 - October 9, 1918) was a French sculptor. ... Albert Gleizes, born December 8, 1881 _ died June 23, 1953 was a French painter. ... František Kupka (September 23, 1871 - June 24, 1957) was a Czech painter. ... Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. ... Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) was a French painter. ... Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia (January 28, 1879 - November 30, 1953) was a well-known painter and poet born of a French mother and a Spanish father who was an attaché at the Cuban legation in Paris, France. ... Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 - June 9, 1963) was a French Cubist painter and printmaker. ...

Dada

• Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
• Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
• Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
• Man Ray (1890-1976) (American)

Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was an influential French/American artist. ... Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia (January 28, 1879 - November 30, 1953) was a well-known painter and poet born of a French mother and a Spanish father who was an attaché at the Cuban legation in Paris, France. ... Jean Arp (September 16, 1886 - June 7, 1966) was a sculptor, painter, and poet. ... For other things called Man Ray, see Man Ray (disambiguation) Man Ray photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American Dada and Surrealist artist. ...

Surrealism

• Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
• Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
• Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)
• Max Ernst (1891-1976)
• André Masson (1896-1987)
• Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
• Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)
• Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
• Paul Delvaux (1897-1954) (Belgian)
• René Magritte (1898-1967) (Belgian)
• Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) (Catalan, worked in Paris around 1927)
• Joan Miró (1893-1983) (Spanish, worked in Paris in the 1920s)

Surrealism is a philosophy, a cultural and artistic movement, and a term used to describe unexpected juxtapositions. ... Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was an influential French/American artist. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten Marc Chagall (July 7, 1887 – March 28, 1985) was a Jewish Belarusian painter. ... Indefinite Divisibility 1942 Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955) was a surrealist painter. ... Max Ernst Max Ernst (April 2, 1891 – April 1, 1976) was a German painter. ... Pedestal Table in the Studio, (1922) André-Aimé-René Masson (January 4, 1896 – October 28, 1987) was a French artist. ... Jean Arp (September 16, 1886 - June 7, 1966) was a sculptor, painter, and poet. ... La Poupée, by Hans Bellmer, currently located at the Centre Georges Pompidou, museum of modern art in Paris, France. ... Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. ... Paul Delvaux was a Belgian painter, famous for his surrealist paintings with female nudes staring at the horizon. ... The Treachery Of Images (La trahison des images) (1928-1929) René François Ghislain Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967) was a surrealist artist, born in Lessines, Belgium. ... Salvador Dalí as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan painter, best known for his surrealist works. ... Joan Miró Woman and Bird (Barcelona) Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...

School of Paris

The École de Paris starts from around 1925. School of Paris (École de Paris) refers to two distinct groups of artists — a group of medieval manuscript illuminators, and a group of non-French artists working in Paris before World War I. Additionally, it refers to a similar group of artists living in Paris between the two world wars. ...

• Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) (French, born in Romania)
• Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)
• Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) (Italian, worked in Paris)
• Marc Chagall (1887-1985) (Born in Belarus)
• Chaïm Soutine (1894-1943) (Born in Lithuania)

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy (June 3, 1877 – March 23, 1953) was a French Fauvist painter born in Le Havre in Normandy. ... Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Jewish Italian painter and sculptor. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten Marc Chagall (July 7, 1887 – March 28, 1985) was a Jewish Belarusian painter. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Tachism or L'art informel

See also Abstract Expressionism. Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word tache - stain) was a French style of abstract painting in the 1940s and 1950s. ... Tachisme (alternative spelling: Tachism, derived from the French word tache - stain) was a French style of abstract painting in the 1940s and 1950s. ... This USPS stamp illustrates Pollocks drip technique. ...

• Jean Fautrier (1898-1964)
• Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)
• Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) (1913-1951) (German, worked in France)

Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was a French artist. ... Wols, the pen name of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (May 27, 1913- September 1, 1951) was a German German painter and photographer. ...

Op Art

• Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) (Born in Hungary)
• François Morellet (1926-)
• Jean-Pierre Yvaral (dates?) (son of Vasarely)

Op art is a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions. ... Victor Vasarelyis a german artist (9th April 1908 - 15th March 1997) was a Hungarian-born artist often acclaimed as the father of Op-art. ...

Lettrism

• Isidore Isou

Lettrism (also spelled Letterism) was an artistic style pursuing the hyper-minimalist refinement of art to its simplest and purest form. ... Self Portrait (1952) Isidore Isou is a poet and founder of Lettrisme. ...

Situationist

Though not an art movement per se, the Situationists did produce much détournement of art. See also May 1968 for work from the attelier populaire. The Situationist International (SI), an international political and artistic movement, originated in the Italian village of Cosio dArroscia on 28 July 1957 with the fusion of several extremely small artistic tendencies: the Lettrist International, the International movement for an imaginist Bauhaus, and the London Psychogeographical Association. ... May 1968 poster: Be young and shut up In May 1968 a general insurrection broke out across France. ...

• Guy Debord

Guy Debord (December 28, 1931-November 30, 1994) was a member of the Lettrist International, Socialisme ou Barbarie and the founder and chief theorist of the Situationist International (SI). ...

Fluxus

Founded in 1962, this international art movement stressed play, active participation, and unusual materials. Fluxus (from to flow) is an art movement noted for the blending of different artistic disciplines, primarily visual art but also music and literature. ...

• Robert Filliou (1926-1987)
• Ben Vautier (called "Ben") (dates?)