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French portrait painters

  • Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, on the 25th of February 1841. His father Léonard Renoir worked as a tailor with modest means.
  • Gustave MoreauGustave Moreau was born on the 6th of April 1826 in Paris into a cultured, upper-middle-class family. His father Louis Jean Marie Moreu worked as an…
  • Jean ClouetThe year 1499 holds a document regarding the succession of Simon Marmion, a painter from Flanders. This record mentions two minor children named Janet and…