Curated category
Painters from Paris
- Claude MonetClaude Monet was born on the 14th of November 1840, on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte in Paris, and died on the 5th of December 1926, having spent the…
- 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 ManetEdouard Manet was born in Paris on the 23rd of January 1832, into a household where his father was a French judge who had mapped out a clear future: law…
- 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 left instructions that his death on the 18th of April 1898 was not to be announced in the press. His funeral was to be small and simple.
- Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was born in Paris on the 30th of August 1748, into a world of powdered wigs, gilded ceilings, and a painting style built on prettiness.
- Jean-Baptiste DebretJean-Baptiste Debret arrived in Rio de Janeiro in March 1816 with a group of Bonapartist artists and craftsmen who had just crossed the Atlantic on an…
- 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 was born in Paris on the 16th of March 1771, the son of two painters, in a city on the edge of revolution.
- 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 painted a man being led to his death while an archbishop stretched his arms from a prison window to bless him.
- Louis Carrogis CarmontelleLouis Carrogis Carmontelle was a man who could not be contained by a single art form. Born on the 15th of August 1717 in Paris, the son of a bootmaker, he…