Artists
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Fortunino Matania
Biography Chevalier Fortunino Matania (April 16, 1881 – February 8, 1963) was an Italian artist noted for his portrayal of World War I trench warfare and of a wide range of historical subjects. Born in Naples, the son of artist Eduardo Matania, Fortunino Matania studied at his father’s studio. By the age of 14 he… Continue reading
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Edward McCartan
Biography Edward Francis McCartan (August 16, 1879 – September 20, 1947) was an American sculptor, best known for his decorative bronzes that stand out for their naturalism and gestural sophistication combined with art deco motifs. Born in Albany, New York, he studied at the Pratt Institute, with Herbert Adams. He also studied at the Art… Continue reading
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Henri-Camille Danger
Biography Henri-Camille Danger (1857 – 1939) was a French artist known for history paintings, allegorical and mythological subjects, genre scenes, landscapes and designs for tapestries. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Aimé Millet, and exhibited his work at the Paris Salon from 1886 to 1937. Danger was awarded the Prix… Continue reading
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Frederic Edwin Church
Biography Frederic Edwin Church was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 4, 1826, the only son of a wealthy businessman. Although his father hoped he would become a physician or enter the world of business, Church persisted in his early desire to be a painter. In 1842-1843 he studied in Hartford with Alexander H. Emmons… Continue reading
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Alexandre Cabanel
Biography Alexandre Cabanel (28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter, receiving commissions as Napoleon III’s preferred painter. Cabanel was the son of a carpenter, and he began his apprenticeship at the… Continue reading
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Jules Breton
Biography Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton 1 May 1827 – 5 July 1906) was a 19th-century French painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make him one of the leading artists of rural life. Breton was born on 1 May 1827 in Courrières,… Continue reading
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Frank Bramley
Biography Frank Bramley RA (6 May 1857 – 9 August 1915) was an English painter associated with the Newlyn School. Bramley was born in Sibsey, near Boston, in Lincolnshire to Charles Bramley from Fiskerton also in Lincolnshire. From 1873 to 1878 Bramley studied at the Lincoln School of Art. He then studied from 1879 to… Continue reading
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Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret
Biography Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (7 January 1852 – 3 July 1929), was a French painter. He was born in Paris, the son of a tailor, and was raised by his grandfather after his father emigrated to Brazil. Later he added his grandfather’s name, Bouveret, to his own. He became one of the leading French artists of… Continue reading
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Herbert James Draper
Biography Herbert James Draper (26 November 1863 – 22 September 1920) was an English painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century. Born in Covent Garden, London, Draper was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham and then went on to study art at… Continue reading
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Theodore Gericault
Biography Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter whose best-known painting The Raft of the Medusa is regarded as an important early example of the Romantic movement. Born in Rouen, France, Géricault moved to Paris with his family probably in 1797, where Théodore’s father obtained employment in… Continue reading
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