Curated category
Painters from Paris
- Claude MonetOn the 14th of November 1840, Oscar-Claude Monet was born on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte in Paris. His family moved to Le Havre four years later when…
- François BouchotFrançois Bouchot entered the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris during a period of intense artistic competition. His primary instructors included Jean-Baptiste…
- Édouard ManetÉdouard Manet was born in Paris on the 23rd of January 1832. He entered a world of privilege within an ancestral mansion on the Rue des Petits Augustins.
- Édouard CibotFrançois Barthélemy Michel Édouard Cibot was born in Paris during the year 1799. He studied under two specific masters named Guérin and Picot within the city…
- 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…
- Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was born on the 30th of August 1748 into a prosperous family in Paris. When he was about nine years old, his father died in a duel.
- Jean-Baptiste DebretJean-Baptiste Debret was born on the 18th of April 1768 in Paris. He studied at the French Academy of Fine Arts under Jacques-Louis David, a great painter…
- Édouard DetailleJean-Baptiste Édouard Detaille entered the world on the 5th of October 1848 in Paris. He grew up in Picardy within a prosperous military family.
- Antoine-Jean GrosAntoine-Jean Gros entered the world on the 16th of March 1771 in Paris. His father Jean-Antoine Gros worked as a miniature painter while his mother…
- Horace VernetÉmile Jean-Horace Vernet entered the world on the 30th of June 1789 inside the Paris Louvre. His parents stayed there during the French Revolution to house…
- François GérardFrançois Pascal Simon Gérard entered the world on the 4th of May 1770 in Rome. His father held a post within the house of the French ambassador there.
- Paul DelarochePaul Delaroche entered the world on the 17th of July 1797 in Paris. He was born into a family deeply embedded in the art trade as dealers, collectors, and…
- Louis Carrogis CarmontelleLouis Carrogis Carmontelle was born in Paris on the 15th of August 1717. His father worked as a bootmaker, placing the family in modest circumstances.