The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of Category:French artists. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French Cinema and French Culture. Also see articles: History of painting, Western painting Clio, muse of heroic poetry and history, by Pierre Mignard, 17th century. ... This article is about Performance art. ... French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak other traditional non-French languages. ... France has long been considered a center for European art and music. ... Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carne), one of the greatest French films ever made La regle du jeu (Jean Renoir), another candidate for the best French film LAtalante (Jean Vigo) La belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau) Diary of a Country Priest (Robert Bresson) Vivre sa Vie (Jean... Masterpiece painting by Eugène Delacroix called Liberty Leading the People portrays the July Revolution using the stylistic views of Romanticism. ...

Middle Ages

See also Middle Ages, Gothic architecture, Illuminated manuscript The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The western facade of Reims Cathedral, France. ... In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ...

• Villard de Honnecourt (1200s) other media
• Jean Pucelle (active 1325-28) other media
• Claus Sluter (Dutch, worked in Burgundy from 1395-1406) sculptor
• the Limbourg brothers (Pol and Hermann) (Flemish artists working in Burgundy around 1403-1416) other media

Self-portrait (?) of Villard de Honnecourt from The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt (about 1230) Villard de Honnecourt was possibly a 13th century itinerant master-builder of Picardy in northern France, whose surviving portfolio of drawings (ca 1230s?) is in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (MS Fr 19093). ... Parisian Gothic era manuscript illuminator, active 1320-1350. ... Claus Sluter (year of birth unknown; died in 1405 or 1406) was a sculptor of Dutch origin. ... Très riches heures du Duc de Berry: Aout (August) (1412-16) Illumination on vellum, 22,5 x 13,6 cm Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry The Limbourg brothers, or in Dutch Gebroeders van Limburg (Herman, Pol, and Jean; 1385. ...

Renaissance

See also Renaissance, Francis I of France, Henri II of France, Catherine de' Medici, Henri III of France, Henri IV of France, Louvre, Fontainebleau, Châteaux of the Loire Valley This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... Francis I of France (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 – March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ... Henry II of France Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 - July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from 1547 until his death. ... Catherine de Medici (April 13, 1519 – January 5, 1589) was born in Florence, Italy, as Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de Medici. ... Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 - August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589). ... By Frans Pourbus the younger. ... This article is about the museum. ... 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. ... The châteaux of the Loire Valley (Val de Loire) number more than 300. ...

• Jacques Morel (c.1395-1459) sculptor
• Simon Marmion (c.1420-1489) Illuminations
• Jean Fouquet (1425-1481) painter, Illuminations
• Nicolas Froment (c.1450 — c.1490) painter
• Pierre Antoine Le Moiturier (active in the 1460s) sculptor
• Jean Clouet (c.1485-1541) (Flemish born) painter, Miniatures
• Jean Duvet (c.1485-c.1570) engraver
• Jehan Cousin the elder (1500-1593) painter, engraver, sculptor
• Ligier Richier (1500-1567) sculptor
• Philibert Delorme (or de L'Orme) (1505/1510-1570) sculptor, Architectural plans
• Pierre Bontemps (1505/1510-after 1562) sculptor
• Jean Goujon (c.1510-1565?) sculptor
• Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) Master potter
• Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (c1510-1585) Architectural plans
• Jean Juste (active 1515-1530) sculptor
• François Clouet (c.1515-1572) (son of Jean Clouet) painter
• Pierre Lescot (c.1515-1578) sculptor, Architect
• Antoine Caron (c.1521-1599) painter
• Jehan Cousin the younger (c. 1522-1593) painter
• Germain Pilon (c.1535-1590) sculptor
• Ambroise Dubois (c.1542-1614) (Flemish born) painter
• Barthélemy Prieur (c.1536-1616) sculptor
• Toussaint Dubreuil (c.1561-1602) painter
• Martin Fréminet (1567-1619) painter
• Frans Pourbus the younger (1569-1622) (Flemish born) painter
• Jacques Bellange (1575-1616) (in Lorraine) engraver
• Jean Decourt (active 1570s) painter
• François Quesnel (active 1580s) painter
• Jacques Patin (active 1580s) engraver
• Claude Deruet (1588-1660) (in Lorraine) painter

Simon Marmion (born c. ... Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels (c. ... Triptych of the Burning Bush, by Nicolas Froment, in Aix Cathedral Nicolas Froment (c. ... François I of France - Jean and François Clouet (c. ... Detail of The Marriage of Adam and Eve, probably 1540/1555, engraving. ... Philibert de lOrme (c. ... The Four Seasons (c. ... Bernard Palissy. ... » Diane de Poitiers by François Clouet (1571) at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Elisabeth of Austria by François Clouet (1571) (Louvre) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: François Clouet François Clouet (died 22 December 1572), son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist... Pierre Lescot (Paris c. ... Antoine Caron (1521 in Beauvais - 1599 in Paris) was a French master glassmaker, illustrator, Mannerist painter and a master (teacher) at the School of Fontainebleau. ... Germain Pilon (c. ... Monument to the heart of Anne de Montmorency Barthélemy Prieur (c. ... Hyacinthe and Climène at Their Morning Toilet (detail) (a scene from Pierre de Ronsards Franciade - (1602) (Louvre) Toussaint Dubreuil (c. ... Henry IV of France, painted by Pourbous the younger Frans Pourbus the younger (1569 - 1622) was a Flemish painter, son of Frans Pourbus the elder and grandson of Pieter Pourbus. ... Etching by Jacques Bellange, Gardener with basket c1612 Jacques Bellange (c1575, place unknown - 1616) was an artist and printmaker from Lorraine, now in France, whose etchings are his only securely identified works today. ... Portrait of Claude Deruet accompanied by his son Henri-Nicolas, by Jacques Callot (Nancy 1592-1635). ...

Seventeenth century

See also French Baroque and Classicism, Louis XIII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, Baroque, Louis XIV of France, Palace of Versailles, Classicism Art and architecture in France in the early 17th century are generally referred to as Baroque. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (September 9, 1585 – December 4, 1642), was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman. ... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... Louis XIV redirects here. ... Hall of Mirrors redirects here. ... Classicism door in Olomouc, The Czech Republic Teatr Wielki in Warsaw Church La Madeleine in Paris Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ...

• Jean de Beaugrand (1584-1640) lineographer
• Simon Vouet (1590-1649) painter
• Jacques Callot (1592-1635) (in Lorraine) engraver
• Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) painter
• Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) painter
• Antoine Le Nain (before 1600-?) painter
• Louis Le Nain (after 1600-?) painter
• Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) engraver
• Claude Gelée, called Claude Lorraine (1600-1682) painter
• Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674)
• Laurent de La Hyre (1606-1565) painter
• Mathieu Le Nain (1607-c.1677) painter
• Pierre Mignard (1612-1695) painter
• André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) Landscape architect
• Eustache Le Sueur (1616-1655) painter
• Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671) painter
• Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) painter, other media
• Pierre Paul Puget (1620-1694) sculptor
• François Girardon (1628-1715) sculptor
• Claude Lefebvre (1633-1675) painter and engraver
• Charles de la Fosse (1636-1716) painter
• Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) sculptor
• Jean Jouvenet (1644-1717) painter
• François de Troy (1645-1730) painter
• Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746) painter
• Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) painter
• Antoine Coypel (1661-1722) sculptor
• François Desportes (1661-1743) painter

A lineographic representation of the arms of the Dauphin of France. ... A lineographic representation of the arms of the Dauphin of France. ... Vouets allegory La Richesse was painted ca 1640 for one of the royal chateaux of France (Louvre) Simon Vouet (1590 - 1649) was the French painter and draftsman who introduced the Italian Baroque style to France. ... Les misères de la guerre Jacques Callot (c. ... St Joseph, 1642, Louvre Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593–1652) was a painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France. ... Poussin redirects here. ... Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu Le Nain were painters in early 17th century France. ... Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu Le Nain were painters in early 17th century France. ... Categories: Stub | 1604 births | 1676 deaths | Engravers ... Claude Lorrain. ... Ex Voto (1662) by Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne (26 May 1602 - 12 August 1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school. ... Laurent de La Hyre (February 27, 1606 - December 28, 1656) was a French painter, born at Paris. ... Antoine, Louis, and Mathieu Le Nain were painters in early 17th century France. ... 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. ... Eustache Le Sueur (November 19, 1617 - April 30, 1655), one of the founders of the French Academy of painting, was born at Paris, where he passed his whole life. ... Sébastian Bourdon (1616 - 1671) was a French painter, born in Montpellier; his chef doeuvre made for the church of Notre Dame. ... Charles Le Brun, contemporary portrait 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. ... Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet (1647 - April 5, 1717) was a French painter He came from an artistic family, one of whom Noel Jouvenet may have taught Nicolas Poussin. ... A reading of Molière, Jean François de Troy, about 1728 Jean François de Troy (1679-1752) was a French roccoco painter and tapestry designer born on January 27, 1679 in Paris. ... 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. ... Autoportrait en chasseur Self-portrait as hunter. ...

Eighteenth century

See also Palace of Versailles, Louis XV of France, Madame de Pompadour, Rococo, Louis XVI of France, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, Gobelins. For art criticism, see Denis Diderot Hall of Mirrors redirects here. ... Louis XV (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1715 until his death. ... Madame de Pompadour, portrait by François Boucher circa 1750, detail Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise (later Duchesse) de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (December 29, 1721 – April 15, 1764) was a well-known courtesan and the famous mistress of King Louis XV of France. ... A style of 18th century French art and interior design, Rococo style rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. ... Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste de France (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ... Late Baroque classicizing: G. P. Pannini assembles the canon of Roman ruins and Roman sculpture into one vast imaginary gallery (1756) Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that... The Age of Enlightenment (French: ; Italian: ; German: ; Spanish: ; Swedish: ; Polish: ; Portuguese: ) was an eighteenth-century movement in Western philosophy. ... The Manufacture des Gobelins is a tapestry factory located in Paris, France. ... Portrait of Diderot by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767 Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher and writer. ...

• Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734)
• Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752) (son of François) painter
• Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) painter
• Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745) painter
• Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) painter
• Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (1686-1767) engraver
• François Lemoyne (1688-1737) painter
• Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695-1736) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) painter
• Charles Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) painter
• Louis-François Roubiliac (1702-1762) sculptor
• Jean Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) painter
• François Boucher (1703-1770) painter, engraver
• Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778) painter, sculptor
• Charles-André van Loo (Carle Van Loo) (1705-1765) (brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
• Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771) (son of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) sculptor
• Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (1715-1783) painter
• Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) sculptor
• Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809) painter
• Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795) (son of Jean-Baptiste van Loo) painter
• Charles Germain de Saint Aubin (1721-1786) engraver, embroidery designer
• Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) painter
• François-Hubert Drouais (Drouais le fils) (1727-1775) painter
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) painter
• Jean-Jacques Durameau (1733-1796) painter
• Hubert Robert (1733-1808) painter, engraver
• Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784) painter
• Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre (1739-c1800) painter
• Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) sculptor
• Jean Michel Moreau (Moreau the younger) (1741-1814) engraver
• Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) painter
• Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842) painter

Jean François de Troy (1679-1752) was a French roccoco painter and tapestry designer born on January 27, 1679 in Paris. ... Jean-Antoine Watteau (October 10, 1684 - July 18, 1721) was a French Rococo painter. ... The Triumph of Galatea Jean-Baptiste van Loo (14 January 1684 – 19 December 1745) was a French subject and portrait painter. ... Battle of Lesnaya by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717 Thalia 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. ... Clara le Rhinoceros 1749 Jean-Baptiste Oudry (17 March 1686, Paris - 30 April 1755, Beauvais) was a French Rococo painter, engraver and tapestry designer. ... Narcisse (1728) François Lemoyne or François Le Moine, (born 1688 in Paris, died 4 June 1737 in Paris) was a French rococo painter. ... 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. ... Jean-Baptiste Pater: Die Freuden des Landlebens , 1730/35 Jean-Baptiste Pater (December 29, 1695-July 25, 1736) was a French rococo painter. ... Self portrait. ... Portrait of Charles-Joseph Natoire (Musée du Louvre). ... Louis-François Roubiliac (more correctly Roubillac) (1695 - January 11, 1762), French sculptor, was born at Lyons and became a pupil of Balthasar of Dresden and of Nicolas Coustou. ... Self-portrait, 1773 Jean-Étienne Liotard (born 1702 at Geneva; died 1789 in Paris) was a French painter. ... François Boucher The Toilet of Venus (1751) typifies the superficially pleasing elegance of Bouchers mature style. ... Self-portrait, 1751, pastel on paper Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) was a French portrait painter of the Rococo style, who worked primarily with pastels. ... Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704 - 1778) was a French sculptor. ... Painting, 1753 Carle or Charles-André van Loo (15 February 1705 – 15 July 1765) was a French subject painter, and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo. ... Portrait of Denis Diderot, painted 1767 Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-03-02 – 1771-03-20) was a French painter. ... Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (January 26, 1714 - August 28, 1785), French sculptor, was born in Paris. ... Joseph Vernet, by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. ... Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (Paris, c. ... Falconets awesome statue of Peter I has become one of the symbols of St Petersburg Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), is counted among the first rank of French Rococo sculptors, patronized by Mme de Pompadour. ... Joseph-Marie Vien (June 18, 1716 - March 27, 1809), French painter, was born at Montpellier. ... Portrait of Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo by Adelaide Labille-Guiard Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719-08-25 – 1795-11-15) was a French painter of allegorical scenes and portraits. ... Illustration taken from LArt du Brodeur showing a method of embroidering with paillettes. ... Jean-Baptiste Greuze (21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter. ... Francois-Hubert Drouais (Paris, December 14, 1727 – Paris, October 21, 1775) was a French painter and Jean-Germain Drouaiss father. ... The Bathers, 1765 Inspiration, 1769 The Reader, c. ... Hubert Robert by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. ... Nicolas Bernard Lépicié was a French painter (16 June 1705 - 15 September 1784), the son of two reputed engravers at the time, Francois-Bernard and Renee-Elisabeth, was introduced to the artistic and cultural environment by his parents. ... Nicolas Benjamin Delapierre (1739-circa 1800) was well-known and highly regarded French artist in the second half of the 18th century. ... Jean-Antoine Houdon (March 20, 1741 - July 15, 1828) was a French sculptor. ... Self portrait Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 - December 29, 1825), most usually known as David (pronounced Dah-veed rather than Day-vid), was a French painter. ... Self-portrait, 1782 Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was an important French painter. ...

Nineteenth century (Romanticism to Impressionism)

See also French Revolution, Napoleon I, Romanticism, Barbizon school, Naturalism, Symbolism (arts), Impressionism, Academic art, Napoleon III of France, Photography, Modernism The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Romantics redirects here. ... The Gleaners. ... Naturalism in art refers to the depiction of realistic objects in a natural setting. ... La mort du fossoyeur (The death of the gravedigger) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of Symbolist motifs. ... This article is about the art movement. ... Birth of Venus, Alexandre Cabanel, 1863 Academic art is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies or universities. ... This article is about the President of the French Republic and Emperor of the French. ... Photography [fәtɑgrәfi:],[foʊtɑgrәfi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... For Christian theological modernism, see Liberal Christianity and Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ...

• Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829)
• Pierre Prudhon (1758-1823) painter
• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) photographer
• Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767-1824) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855) painter
• Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835) painter
• Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1771-1833) painter
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) painter
• François Rude (1784-1855) sculptor
• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787-1851) photographer
• Horace Vernet (1789-1863) painter
• Jules Robert Auguste (c.1789-1850) painter
• Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) painter
• Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845) painter
• Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) sculptor
• Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) painter
• Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) painter
• Hippolyte Bellange (1800-1866) painter
• Achille Devéria (1800-1857) painter, engraver
• Paul Huet (1803-1869) painter
• Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, called) (1803-1847) engraver
• Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) painter
• Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860) painter
• Edouard Vienot (born 1804) painter
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807-1887) photographer
• Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) painter, engraver
• Louis Boulanger (1808-1867) painter
• Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1808-1878) (Born in Spain) painter
• Auguste Préault (1809-1879) sculptor
• Ignace François Bonhomme (1809-1881) painter
• Constant Troyon (1810-1865) painter
• Jules Dupré (1811-1889) painter
• Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867) painter
• Boissard de Boisdenier (1813-1866) painter
• Charles Jacque (1813-1894) painter
• Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) painter
• Thomas Couture (1815-1879) painter
• Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) painter
• Jacques-Eugene Feyen (1815-1908) painter
• Charles Marville (1816-1879) painter, engraver, photographer
• Antoine Chintreuil (1816-1873) painter
• Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (1817-1878) painter
• François Bonvin (1817-1887) painter
• Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878) painter
• Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
• Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) painter
• Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) painter
• Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876) painter
• Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called "Nadar") (1820-1910) photographer
• Charles Méryon (1821-1868) engraver
• Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) painter
• Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) painter
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painter
• Théodule Ribot (1824-1891) painter
• Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) painter
• Pierre Puvis de Chavannes(1824-1898) painter
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) painter
• Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) painter
• Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) sculptor
• Elie Delaunay (1828-1891) painter
• Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902) painter

Jean-Baptiste Regnault (October 9, 1754 - November 12, 1829), French painter, was born at Paris. ... Pierre Paul Prudhon (1758 - 1823) was a French Romantic painter. ... Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1795. ... Malvine, dying in the arms of Fingal, beginning of 19th century. ... Jean-Baptiste Isabey (April 11, 1767 - 1853), French painter, was born at Nancy. ... Antoine-Jean, Baron Gros (1771 - June 25, 1835), French painter, was born at Paris. ... Aeneas tells Dido about the fall of Troy, 1815. ... Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (pronounced (Ang, rhymes with bang, with a hint of the r, but the final es is not pronounced) (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. ... François Rude: 1888 engraving François Rude (June 4, 1784 - November 3, 1855) was a French sculptor. ... Louis Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787 - 1851) was the Basque artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography. ... Self-portrait Judas and Tamar, 1840. ... He is credited with many works of art in the nineteenth century French Impressionist movement. ... 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. ... Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (December 20, 1792 - October 30, 1845), French designer and painter, more especially of military subjects, was born in Paris. ... Antoine-Louis Barye (September 24, 1796-June 25, 1875) was a French sculptor. ... Ary Scheffer (February 10, 1795 _ June 15, 1858), French painter of Dutch extraction, was born at Dordrecht. ... Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (portrait by Nadar) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (July 26, 1796 – February 22, 1875) was a French landscape painter. ... Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 – August 13, 1863) was one of the most important of the French Romantic painters. ... Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (February 6, 1800 – December 23, 1857) was a French painter and lithographer. ... Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (September 13, 1803 - March 17, 1847), French caricaturist, generally known by the pseudonym of J.J. Grandville the professional name of his grandparents, who were actors was born at Nancy. ... Hurricane before Saint Malo. ... Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804-1860), French illustrator and lithographer, was born in Paris. ... Edouard Viénot was a successful society portrait painter with a studio at 92 rue de la Victoire, Paris. ... Bayards Self Portrait as a Drowned Man Hippolyte Bayard (January 20, 1801 - May 14, 1887) was one of the earliest photographers in the history of photography, inventing his own photography process known as direct positive printing and presenting the worlds first public exhibition of photographs on June 24... Honoré Daumier (portrait by Nadar). ... Fête Champetre by Diaz de la Peña Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (August 25, 1807–November 18, 1876) was a French painter. ... Antoine-Augustin Préault (October 6, 1809 - January 11, 1879) was a French sculptor of the Romanticism movement. ... Constant Troyon (August 28, 1810 - February 21, 1865), French painter, was born in Sèvres, near Paris, where his father was connected with the famous manufactory of porcelain. ... Jules Dupré (April 5, 1811 - October 6, 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. ... Charles-Emile Jacque (23 May 1813 - 7 May 1894) was a French painter and engraver who was part of the Barbizon School. ... Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. ... Thomas Couture (December 21, 1815 – March 30, 1879) was an influential French history painter and teacher. ... Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (21 February 1815 - 21 January 1891) was a leading French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. ... Jacques-Eugène Feyen (1815, in Bey-sur-Seille, Meurthe-et-Moselle - 1908) was a French illustrator. ... Charles Marville (1816-1879) was a French photographer who mainly photographed architecture and landscapes. ... Antoine Chintreuil (May 15, 1814 – August 8, 1873) was a French landscape painter. ... Corpus Christi Day, Oil on canvas, 55 x 76 3/4 inches (140 x 195 cm), Private collection, 1855. ... François Bonvin (November 22, 1817 – December 19, 1887) was a French realist painter. ... 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. ... The Seine and Notre-Dame in Paris, 1864, Johan Jongkind, Musée dOrsay, Paris. ... Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856), French painter, was born in Santo Domingo. ... Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting. ... Arabs, 1871 Un Souvenir dEsneh, 1876 Eugène Fromentin (December, 1820 - August 27, 1876) was a French painter and writer. ... Nadar (self-portrait). ... Charles Méryon (November 23, 1821-February 13, 1868), was a French artist, who worked almost entirely in etching, as he suffered from colour-blindness. ... Photograph of Rosa Bonheur (1880-90) in the garden of her Château at By Rosa Bonheur, née Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, (b. ... Alexandre Cabanel, Self Portrait (1847). ... Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872, is the immediate source of the thumbs down gesture in popular culture. ... Théodule-Augustin Ribot (August 8, 1823 – September 11, 1891) was a French realist painter. ... Rivage de Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord by Eugène Boudin. ... The Poor Fisherman Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, (December 14, 1824 – October 24, 1898) was a French painter. ... William-Adolphe Bouguereau, self-portrait (1886). ... Self portrait of Gustav Moreau, 1850 Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sometimes called Jules Carpeaux (May 11, 1827 - October 12, 1875) was a French sculptor who studied under Fran ois Rude. ... Jules-Élie Delaunay (June 13, 1828 - September 5, 1891) was a French painter. ... 1879 The Favorite of the Emir Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant, also written Benjamin-Constant, (1845-1902) was a French historical and portrait painter. ...

Nineteenth century (Impressionism to Fauvism)

See also Modern art, Modernism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Les Nabis, Fauvism, Symbolism (arts), Symbolist painters, Art Nouveau, Primitivism (art) Dejeuner sur lHerbe by Pablo Picasso At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 I and the Village by Marc Chagall, 1911 Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, 1917 Campbells Soup Cans 1962 Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two... For Christian theological modernism, see Liberal Christianity and Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ... This article is about the art movement. ... Camille Pissarro, Haying at Eragny, 1889, Private Collection Post-Impressionism is the term coined by the British artist and art critic Roger Fry in 1910, to describe the development of European art since Manet. ... Nabis (or Les Nabis; the prophets, from the Hebrew term for prophet) was a group of young post-impressionist avant-garde Parisian artists of the 1890s that influenced the fine arts and graphic arts in France at the turn of the 20th century. ... Henri Matisse, Portrait of Madame Matisse (The green line), 1905, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark Henri Matisse, La Danse (second version), 1909 Hermitage Museum, St. ... La mort du fossoyeur (The death of the gravedigger) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of Symbolist motifs. ... 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. ... Vitebsk Railway Station one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture. ... Primitivism is an artistic movement that looks to early human history and non-Western or childrens art for inspiration and makes use of themes or stylistic elements from prehistory and tribal cultures. ...

• Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) painter
• Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) photographer
• Edouard Manet (1832-1883) painter
• Gustave Doré (1832-1883) engraver
• Edgar Degas (1834-1917) painter, sculptor
• Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) painter
• Jules Chéret (1836-1932) painter, other media
• Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) painter
• Odilon Redon (1840-1916) painter, engraver and pastels
• Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) sculptor
• Claude Monet (1840-1926) painter
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) painter
• Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) painter
• Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) painter
• Marie Bracquemond (1841-1916) painter
• Henri Rousseau (“Le Douanier Rousseau”) (1844-1910) painter
• Jean Antonin Mercié (1845-1916) sculptor
• Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) painter
• Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) painter
• Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) painter, sculptor
• Henry Lerolle (1848-1929) painter
• Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
• Eugène Atget (Jean-Eugène Auguste Atget) (1857-1927) photographer
• Mathurin Janssaud (1857-1940) painter
• Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859-1891) painter
• Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929) sculptor
• Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) sculptor
• Louis Vivin (1861-1936) painter
• Antonio de la Gandara (1861-1917) painter
• Paul Signac (1863-1935) painter
• Henri Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) painter
• Paul Sérusier (1864-1927) painter
• Paul Ranson (1864-1909) painter
• Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) painter
• Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) (Swiss, worked in France) engraver
• Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) painter
• Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867-1944) painter
• Hector Guimard (1867-1942) Architect and Decorator
• Edouard Jean Vuillard (1868-1940) painter
• Georges Lacombe (1868-1916) sculptor
• Emile Bernard (1868-1941) painter
• Henri Matisse (1869-1954) painter, other media
• Adolf de Meyer (1869-1949) photographer

The garden of Pontoise, painted 1875. ... (1830-1904) Significant to the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of labor photography. ... Édouard Manet (portrait by Nadar) Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883) was a noted French painter. ... Doré photographed by Felix Nadar. ... Degas redirects here. ... Self Portrait by Henri Fantin-Latour (1859), at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. ... Jules Chéret, born May 31, 1836 – died September 23, 1932, was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of poster art. ... Cezanne redirects here. ... Self portrait, 1880, Musée dOrsay. ... Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about Impressionist painter. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. ... 1865–1866. ... Berthe Morisot in a portrait by Édouard Manet, 1872 Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was an Impressionist painter. ... The Dream, 1910 MoMA. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. ... Mariou Jean Antonin Mercié, French sculptor, born in Toulouse on October 30, 1845 and died on December 14, 1916 in Paris. ... Self-portrait Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894), was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, stamp collector, and yacht engineer. ... Jules Bastien-Lepage (November 1, 1848 - November 10, 1884), French painter, was born in the village of Damvillers, Meuse and spent his childhood there. ... Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a leading Post-Impressionist painter. ... van Gogh redirects here. ... Eugène Atget (1857‑1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. ... Marthurin Janssaud (1857 in Manosque, France – 1940) was a French illustrator. ... Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891) was a French painter and the founder of Neo-impressionism. ... Antoine Bourdelle (October 30, 1861 _ October 1, 1929) was a French sculptor and teacher. ... Image:The mountain. ... Antonio de La Gandara (December 16, 1861 - June 30, 1917) was a painter, pastellist and draughtsman. ... The Papal Palace, Avignon, oil on canvas, 1900 Paul Signac (November 11, 1863 - August 15, 1935) was a French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style. ... Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (IPA ) (November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901) was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and illustrator, whose immersion in the decadent and theatrical life of fin de siècle Paris yielded an oeuvre of provocative images of modern life. ... Photo of Paul Sérusier Paul Sérusier (1864, Paris – 1927, Morlaix) was a post-impressionist French painter associated with the les Nabis artists. ... Paul Ranson (1864 - Paris, February 20, 1909) was a French painter and writer. ... Suzanne Valadon (September 23, 1865 – April 7, 1938) was a French painter. ... Félix Vallotton was a Franco-Swiss painter, engraver, illustrator and writer (Lausanne 1865-Paris 1925). ... The Dining Room in the Country Pierre Bonnard (October 3, 1867 – January 23, 1947) was a French painter and printmaker. ... Ker-Xavier Roussel (December 10, 1867 - June 6, 1944) was a French painter associated with Les Nabis. ... Designed in 1899, the Porte Dauphine station exhibits Guimards only surviving enclosed edicule of the Paris Métro. ... Jean-Édouard Vuillard (November 11, 1868 - June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker. ... Georges Lacombe (June 18, 1868 - June 29, 1916) was a French sculptor and painter. ... Émile Bernard (1868-April 16, 1941) was a French painter who worked with such artists as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne. ... Matisse redirects here. ...

Twentieth century (Pre World War II)

See also Modern art, Modernism, Cubism, Puteaux Group, Dada, Surrealism Dejeuner sur lHerbe by Pablo Picasso At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 I and the Village by Marc Chagall, 1911 Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, 1917 Campbells Soup Cans 1962 Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two... For Christian theological modernism, see Liberal Christianity and Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ... Georges Braque, Woman with a guitar, 1913 Cubism was a 20th century art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. ... 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. ... DaDa is a concept album by Alice Cooper, released in 1983. ... Max Ernst. ...

• Georges Rouault (1871-1958) painter
• Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957) (Czech, worked in France) painter
• Henri-Charles Manguin (1874-1943) painter
• Albert Marquet (1875-1947) painter
• Jacques Villon (1875-1963) painter
• Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) (French, born in Romania) sculptor
• Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) (Flemish, worked in France) painter
• Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918) sculptor
• Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) painter
• Jean Crotti (1878-1958) (Swiss) painter
• Louis Marcoussis (Louis Markus)(1878-1941) or (1883-1941) (Polish, worked in France) painter
• Francis Picabia (1879-1953) painter
• André Derain (1880-1954) painter
• Joseph Hémard (1880-1961) illustrator
• Albert Gleizes (1881-1952) painter
• Henri Le Fauconnier (1881-1946) painter
• Fernand Léger (1881-1955) painter
• Georges Braque (1882-1963) painter
• Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) painter
• Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) painter, engraver
• Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) painter
• Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) painter
• Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884-1974) painter
• Jacques Maroger (1884-1962) painter
• Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) painter
• André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974) painter
• Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) painter
• Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925) painter
• Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1956) painter
• Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966) painter, sculptor
• Marc Chagall (1887-1985) (Born in Belarus) painter
• Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) painter, sculptor, other media
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889-1963) painter
• Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967) (Russian born) sculptor
• Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) (Born in Poland) sculptor
• Max Ernst (1891-1976) painter, sculptor
• Bram van Velde (1892-1981) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
• Chaïm Soutine (1894-1943) (Born in Lithuania) painter
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) photographer
• Gen Paul (1895-1975) painter, engraver
• Albert Gilles (1895-1979) metal embosser, working with copper
• André Masson (1896-1987) painter
• René Iché (1897-1954) sculptor, painter
• Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) painter
• Georges Gimel (1898-1962) painter,engraver,sculptor
• Henri Michaux (1899-1984) (Belgian) painter
• Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899-1984) (born in Hungary) photographer

Georges Henri Rouault (27 May 1871 – 13 February 1958) was a French Fauvist and Expressionist painter. ... František Kupka (September 23, 1871 - June 24, 1957) was a Czech painter. ... Henri Charles Manguin (1874-1949) was a French painter. ... Albert Marquet (27 March 1875, Bordeaux – 13 June 1947, Paris) was a French painter, associated with the Fauvism current. ... Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 - June 9, 1963) was a French Cubist painter and printmaker. ... Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brancusi (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957, originally Constantin BrâncuÅŸi IPA: ), was a Romanian sculptor, born in HobiÅ£a, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, where he placed his sculptural ensemble with The Table of Silence, The Gate of the Kiss and The Endless Column. ... Maurice de Vlaminck (April 4, 1876 - October 11, 1958) was a French painter, print-maker and author. ... Raymond Duchamp-Villon (November 5, 1876 - October 9, 1918) was a French sculptor. ... Raoul Dufy (June 3, 1877 – March 23, 1953) was a French Fauvist painter. ... Jean Crotti (April 24, 1878 - January 30, 1958) was a French painter. ... Louis marcoussis was a polish painter whom the Spanish surrealist Joan Mirò (1893-1983), in 1930, started Graphic Technique with, but had to stop in 1939 due to the emergence of WWII (1939-1945) ... Francis Picabia in his studio. ... Charing Cross Bridge, London (1906). ... Albert Gleizes, born December 8, 1881 _ died June 23, 1953 was a French painter. ... Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. ... Violin and Candlestick, Paris, spring 1910, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Georges Braque (May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963) was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art movement known as cubism. ... Le Cateau-Cambrésis by Auguste Herbin - 1921 Auguste Herbin (April 29, 1882 - January 30/31, 1960) was a French painter. ... At the Cycle-Race Track, 1912, Peggy Guggenheim Collection. ... Marie Laurencin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Marie Laurencin (October 31, 1883 — June 8, 1956) was a Parisian painter and engraver. ... Maurice Utrillo, born Maurice Valadon, (December 25, 1883 - November 5, 1955) was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. ... Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 - July 9, 1974) was a writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. ... Jacques Maroger [pron. ... 1911. ... André Dunoyer de Segonzac (July 7, 1884–September 17, 1974) was a French painter and graphic artist. ... Pierre Brissaud (December 23, 1885- 1964) was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter and engraver. ... Artillery, 1911. ... Guitar and Bottles (Guitare et bouteilles), 1920. ... Hans (Jean) Arp (September 16, 1886 – June 7, 1966) was a German-French sculptor, painter, and poet. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Marcel Duchamp (pronounced ) (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was a French artist (he became an American citizen in 1955) whose work and ideas had considerable influence on the development of post-World War II Western art, and whose advice to modern art collectors helped shape the tastes of the... Suzanne Duchamp (October 20, 1889 – September 11, 1963) was a French Dadaist painter. ... Ossip Zadkine (July 14, 1890 – November 25, 1967) was an Russian Jewish artist and sculptor. ... Birth of the Muses, bronze, 1944-1950. ... Max Ernst (2 April 1891 - 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, considered one of the chief representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism. ... Bram (Abraham Gerardus) van Velde (October 19, 1895, in Zoeterwoude, near Leyden, Netherlands - December 28, 1981 in Grimaud, near Arles, France) was a Dutch painter known for an intensely colored and geometric semi-representational painting style somewhere between expressionism and surrealism (his paintings from the 1950s are similar to the... Chaim Soutine (1893 – August 9, 1943) was an expressionist painter. ... Jacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter. ... Gen Paul, born Eugène Paul on July 2, 1898 in Montmartre, France - died on April 30, 1975 in Paris, France, was a painter and engraver. ... One of Gilles famous panels, depicting the life of Jesus Christ, showcased in the museum. ... Pedestal Table in the Studio, (1922) André-Aimé-René Masson (January 4, 1896 – October 28, 1987) was a French artist. ... René Iché René Iché (January 21, 1897, Salleles-dAude, France – December 23, 1954, Paris) was a 20th century French sculptor. ... Jean Fautrier (May 16, 1898–July 21, 1964) was a French painter and sculptor. ... Henri Michaux (May 24, 1899 - October 18, 1984) was a highly individualistic Belgian poet, writer and painter who wrote in the French language. ... Brassaï (pseudonym of Gyula Halász) (1899-1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to fame in France. ...

Twentieth century (Post World War II)

See also Modern art Dejeuner sur lHerbe by Pablo Picasso At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 I and the Village by Marc Chagall, 1911 Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, 1917 Campbells Soup Cans 1962 Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two...

• Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) (Naturalized American) painter
• Alfred Georges Regner (1901-1987) Painter-Engraver
• Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) painter
• Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) (Swiss, worked in Paris) sculptor, painter
• Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) (French, Born in Germany) sculptor, photographer, engraver
• Hans Hartung (1904-1992) (Born in Germany) painter
• Jean Hélion (1904-1987) painter
• Pierre Tal-Coat (1905-1985) painter
• Henri Cadiou (1906-1989) painter
• Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, called "Balthus") (1908-2001) (Polish born) painter
• Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) (Born in Hungary) painter
• Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) painter, other media
• Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910-2007) photographer (Born in Hungary)
• Louise Bourgeois (1911-) (Lives in America) sculptor, other media
• Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) (French, Russian origin) painter
• Jean-Yves Couliou (1916-1995) painter
• Constantine Andreou (1917 - 2007) (Greek, Brazilian born) painter, sculptor
• Pierre Soulages (1919- ) painter
• Maurice Boitel (1919- ) painter
• César Baldaccini (called "César") (1921-1998) sculptor
• Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921-) painter
• Georges Mathieu (1921- ) painter
• Simon Hantaï (1922-) (Born in Hungary) painter
• Jacques Toutain-Dorbec (1923- ) (French, lives and work in Spain) painter
• François Ozenda (1923–1976) painter
• Jean Tinguely (1925-1991) (Swiss) sculptor
• François Morellet (1926- ) painter
• Jacques de la Villeglé (1926-) other media (ripped posters)
• Raymond Hains (1926-2005) other media
• Robert Filliou (1926-1987) other media
• Georges Badin (1927-) painter
• Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) painter
• Yves Klein (1928-1962) painter
• Arman (Armand Fernandez) (1928-2005) sculptor
• François Jacques Boeri (1929-) painter
• Niki de Saint-Phalle (1930-2002) sculptor
• Jules Michel (1931- ) (French lives in France) painter, sculptor
• Yaruch Bann (1931-) sculptor, painter
• Jean-Pierre Yvaral (1934-2002) (son of Victor Vasarely) painter
• Martial Raysse (1936-) painter
• Daniel Buren (1938- ) sculptor, painter
• Gérard Fromanger (1939-) painter, other media
• Jean Jacques Surian (1942-) (painter and ceramist, lives in Marseille)
• Ben Vautier (called “Ben”) (dates?) painter, other media
• Anne Poirier (1942- ) painter, other media
• Patrick Poirier (1942- ) painter, other media
• Christian Boltanski (1944- ) painter, photographer, other media, sculptor
• Bracha L. Ettinger (1948- ) (Born in Tel Aviv) painter, photographer, new media, artist's books
• Gérard Garouste (1946-) sculptor, painter, other media
• Orlan (1947-) performance artist, body artist
• Dominique Sanson (1949 - ) (French, lives and works in Ibiza, Spain) painter
• Claude-Max Lochu (1951- ) painter
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951- ) painter, sculptor, photographer, writer
• Jean-Marc Bustamante (1952-) painter, sculptor, photographer
• Vanilla Beer (1953) painter, daughter of *Anthony Stafford Beer
• Thierry Bisch (1953-) painter
• Bernard Frize (1954-) painter
• Patrick Moya (1955-) painter, sculptor, media artist (see fr:Patrick Moya)
• Raphael Labro (1956- ) painter, photographer, other media
• Michel De Caso (1956-) painter, sculptor
• Robert Combas (1957-) painter
• Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen) (1957- ) media artist
• Hervé Di Rosa (1959-) painter
• Serge Arto (1959-) painter,sculptor, photographer,media artist
• Elle Nicolai (active since 1997) (lives in America), painter, photographer
• Zaven Paré (1961-) New media artist
• Pierre Huyghe (1962-) media, film, video
• Allison Carmichael (1963) painter
• Jose Da Silveira (created Formism) (1965-) (Lives in America) sculptor, painter, other media, writer, novelist, poet, playwright
• Amelie Chabannes (1974-) painter, sculptor
• Gilles Balmet (1979-) Video artist, painter, photographer and other media

Indefinite Divisibility 1942 Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955) was a surrealist painter. ... Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was one of the most famous French painters and sculptors of the second half of the 20th century. ... Photograph of Alberto Giacometti by Henri Cartier-Bresson Woman with Her Throat Cut, a floor sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, 1932 (cast 1949), Museum of Modern Art, (New York City) Three Men Walking II, by Alberto Giacometti, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949 Alberto Giacometti (October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966) was... La Poupée, by Hans Bellmer, currently located at the Centre Georges Pompidou, museum of modern art in Paris, France. ... Hans Hartung (b. ... Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) was a French modernist painter. ... Henri Cadiou (26 March 1906, Paris - 6 April 1989) was a French realist painter and lithographer known for his work in trompe-loeil paintings. ... Nude with arms raised, oil on canvas, 1951 by Balthus Balthazar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 in Paris – February 18, 2001) was an esteemed Polish/French modern artist whose work was ultimately anti-modern. ... Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Győző) (9 April 1906, Pécs - 15 March 1997, Paris) was a French Hungarian-born artist often acclaimed as the father of Op-art. ... Lucien Hervé (b. ... Louise Bourgeois (born December 25, 1911, Paris) is an artist and sculptor, whose work has been strongly influenced by the surrealists, abstract expressionism and minimalism. ... Nicolas de Staël (January 5, 1914, Saint Petersburg - March 16, 1955, Antibes) (French nationality, of Russian origin) was a painter known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. ... Jean-Yves Couliou (born 1916 in Landerneau,Finistère,France - died 1995 in Lorient) was a French painter. ... Constantine Andreou (Constantine Andréou, Κωνσταντίνος Ανδρέου), (b. ... Pierre Soulages (born December 24, 1919) is a French painter, engraver and sculptor. ... Maurice Boitel in 1980 Maurice Boitel (born July 31, 1919) is a French painter. ... César Baldaccini (January 1, 1921 in Marseille - December 6, 1998 in Paris) was a noted sculptor. ... Georges Mathieu (1921 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France) - the father of lyrical abstraction - is one of the great masters of 20th century. ... Simon Hantaï (born 1922, Bia, Hungary; he took French nationality in 1966) is a painter and print-maker generally associated with abstract art. ... François Ozenda (1923–1976) was a painter born in Marseille, France. ... Image:Basel. ... François Morellet (born 1926, Cholet, Maine-et-Loire) is a contemporary French painter, engraver, sculptor and light artist. ... Jacques Villeglé, born Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé (1926, Quimper, Brittany) is a French mixed-media artist famous for his ripped or lacerated posters (a poster in which one has been placed over another or others, and the top poster or posters have been ripped, revealing to a greater or... Raymond Hains (Dinard, 1926 - Paris, October 28, 2005) was a French artist and photographer. ... Robert Filliou (Born Jan 17, 1926, Sauve, France - Died 1987, Les Eyzies, France) is a French Fluxus artist, who produced works as a filmmaker, action poet, sculptor, and Happenings maestro. ... Georges Badin is a French poet and painter born in 1927 living and working in the small city of Céret in the South of France. ... Bernard Buffet (July 10, 1928 – October 4, 1999) was a French painter who was highly acclaimed by the age of twenty. ... Yves Klein (28 April 1928 - 6 June 1962) was a French artist and is considered an important figure in post-war European neo-Dadaism. ... Arman (November 17, 1928 - October 22, 2005), was a French-born American artist and a prolific and experimental creator. ... François Jacques Boeri (aka Jacques Boeri, born near Paris 1929) studied Arts appliqués at École du Louvre (Musée du Louvre) and is now a contemporary French painter. ... Niki de Saint Phalle Niki de Saint Phalle, n e Catherine Marie-Agnes Fal de Saint Phalle (October 29, 1930 - May 21, 2002) was a French sculptor, painter, and film maker. ... (Review, Rob Mowbray, 1980) It was at the tender age of eight, while exploring the family attic that young Jules Michel first encountered his passion for painting. ... Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002), professionally known as Yvaral, was a French artist working in the fields of op-art and kinetic art from 1954 onwards. ... Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Győző) (9 April 1906, Pécs - 15 March 1997, Paris) was a French Hungarian-born artist often acclaimed as the father of Op-art. ... Daniel Buren (born March 25, 1938) is a French conceptual artist. ... Gérard Fromanger is a French artist born on 6 September 1939 in Jouars-Pontchartrain, Yvelines. ... Jean Jacques Surian is a french painter born in 1942 in Marseille. ... Ben Vautier (born on July 18, 1935 in Naples, Italy), also known as just Ben, is a French artist. ... Christian Boltanski is a French photographer, sculptor and installation artist (although he refers to himself as a painter, with regard to his concerns in all media). ... Bracha L. Ettinger (also known as Bracha Ettinger, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Hebrew: ברכה אטינגר, ברכה ליכטנברג-אטינגר) is a renowned artist, painter, photographer, theorist and psychoanalyst. ... Orlan is a French artist, born May 30th- 1947, in Saint-Etienne. ... Dominique Sanson was born in Paris, France in 1949. ... Pierre Toutain Dorbec Sculptor, Painter, Photographer, Writer Born April 16, 1951 in Orbec, France (Normandy) Early Education Pierre Toutain-Dorbec. ... Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952) is a French artist, sculptor and photographer. ... Anthony Stafford Beer (September 25, 1926 - August 23, 2002) was a British theorist, academic, and consultant, best known for his work in the fields of operational research and management cybernetics. ... Thierry Bisch (born 1953 in Strasbourg, France) is a French artist. ... Visual artist born in Toulouse (France) in 1956. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Hervé Di Rosa (b. ... Elle Nicolaï is a California artist who creates transcendental paintings, symbolic drawings on paper, and spiritual photography. ... Zaven Paré is a French new media artist who was born in 1961. ... Pierre Huyghe (born 1962) is an acclaimed French artist who works in a variety of media, from film and video to public interventions. ... 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French photographers

See also List of photographers, Category:French photographers This is a list of notable photographers who already have articles. ...

• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) — Inventor of Photography
• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787-1851)
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807-1887)
• Charles Marville (1816-1879)
• Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called "Nadar") (1820-1910)
• Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)
• Eugène Atget (Jean-Eugène Auguste Atget) (1857-1927)
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986)
• Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899-1984) (born in Hungary)
• Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)
• Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910-) photographer (Born in Hungary)
• Robert Doisneau (1912-1994)
• Willy Ronis (1910-)
• Marc Riboud (1923-)
• Georges Rousse (1947-)
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951-)
• Vincent Gruyer (1964-)
• Pierre et Gilles (Pierre: 1949, Gilles: 1953) photographers(active since 1976)
• Georges Rousse (1947-) photographer
• Sophie Calle (1953-) other media, photographer
• Bettina Rheims (1952-) photographer
• Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) (1913-1951) (German, worked in France) photographer
• Xavier Veilhan (1963-) photographer, other media
• Dani Jackson (1984-) photographer

Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1795. ... Photography [fÓ™tÉ‘grÓ™fi:],[foÊŠtÉ‘grÓ™fi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ... Louis Daguerre Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (1787 - 1851) was the Basque artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography. ... Bayards Self Portrait as a Drowned Man Hippolyte Bayard (January 20, 1801 - May 14, 1887) was one of the earliest photographers in the history of photography, inventing his own photography process known as direct positive printing and presenting the worlds first public exhibition of photographs on June 24... Charles Marville (1816-1879) was a French photographer who mainly photographed architecture and landscapes. ... Nadar (self-portrait). ... (1830-1904) Significant to the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of labor photography. ... Eugène Atget (1857‑1927) was a French photographer noted for his photographs documenting the architecture and street scenes of Paris. ... Jacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter. ... Brassaï (pseudonym of Gyula Halász) (1899-1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to fame in France. ... JOE.A LOVES LAUREN.M Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. ... Lucien Hervé (b. ... Robert Doisneau by Tyroon Win Robert Doisneau (April 14, 1912 - April 1, 1994) was a French photographer noted for his frank and often humorous depictions of Parisian street life. ... A book of photographs by Willy Ronis Willy Ronis (born August 14, 1910 in Paris) is a French photographer. ... Marc Riboud is a French photographer born 1923 in Lyon. ... Georges Rousse (born 1947 in Paris) is a French photographer. ... Pierre Toutain Dorbec Sculptor, Painter, Photographer, Writer Born April 16, 1951 in Orbec, France (Normandy) Early Education Pierre Toutain-Dorbec. ... Pierre et Gilles, Pierre Commoy and Gilles Blanchard, are gay French artistic and romantic partners. ... Georges Rousse (born 1947 in Paris) is a French photographer. ... Sophie Calle is a French photographer, installation and conceptual artist. ... Bettina Rheims (born December 18, 1952, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris) is a French artist and photographer. ... Wols, was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (May 27, 1913- September 1, 1951) who was a German painter and photographer. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ...

See also

• European art history
• Art history
• History of Painting
• List of Spanish artists
• List of Bulgarian artists