France
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Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Biography Jules Joseph Lefebvre (14 March 1836 – 24 February 1911) was a French painter, educator and theorist. Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne. He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome with his The Death of Priam in… Continue reading
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Biography William-Adolphe Bouguereau (30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was an academy trained French painter. His intensive study of technique, history and mythology and a decades-long dedication to the craft of painting brought him fame in much of Europe and the United States. He was highly prolific, completing over 800 paintings, and he was… Continue reading
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Pierre Auguste Cot
Biography Pierre Auguste Cot (17 February 1837 – 2 August 1883) was an academy trained French painter. Cot was born in Bédarieux, Hérault, and initially studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before going to Paris. He studied under Leon Cogniet, Alexandre Cabanel and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. In 1863 he made a successful debut at… Continue reading
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
Biography Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was “arguably the world’s most famous living artist by 1880.” The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects. He is considered one of the… Continue reading
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École des Beaux-arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is the original of a series of Écoles des beaux-arts in French regional centers. Since its founding in 1648, the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture has had a school, France’s elite institution of instruction in the arts. Its program was structured around a series of anonymous competitions that culminated… Continue reading
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Léon Belly
Biography Léon Auguste Adolphe Belly (1827–1877) was a French landscape painter. Belly was born at St. Omer, in 1827. He studied under Troyon, and in 1849 visited Barbizon where he came under the influence of Théodore Rousseau. In 1850–1 he travelled to Greece, Syria, and Egypt. In 1853 he made his debut at the Paris… Continue reading
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Jules Bastien-Lepage
Biography Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that emerged from the later phase of the Realist movement. His most famous work is his landscape-style portrait of Joan of Arc which is held at the Metropolitan Museum in New… Continue reading
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Christian Schussele
Biography Christian Schussele (born 16 April 1824 in Guebwiller, Alsace – 20 August 1879 in Merchantville, New Jersey) was an American artist and teacher, and is credited with designing the American Medal of Honor. He studied under Adolphe Yvon and Paul Delaroche 1842–1848 and then came to the United States. Here, for some time, he worked at chromolithography which he had also pursued in France.… Continue reading
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