Artists

John Russell (1858—1930) was an Australian Impressionist painter who lived in France and worked closely with Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Henri Matisse. John Russell Summary Born in the Darlinghurst suburb of Sydney, Australia to a family with Scottish and English roots Learned under Alphonse Legros in London and Fernand Cormon in Paris Made […]

Marie Bracquemond (December 1 1840—January 17, 1916) is one of the grand dames of Impressionism, reintroduced into critical consideration from the 1980s. Early Life Marie Bracquemond’s early life was beset with a series of difficulties that possibly complicated her development as an artist. Her parents’ marriage fell apart, and Marie followed her mother and her

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825—August 19, 1905) was a stout classicist and academic French painter whose mature work stood in full contrast to the emerging avant-garde. Early Life Bouguereau came from a merchant family on the west coast of France. He was sent to a Catholic school with the view of becoming a priest. The

Jean-Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841—November 28, 1870) was a French painter, soldier, and one of the key proponents of Impressionism. His distinctive style of figure painting is highly influential. Though Frédéric Bazille’s work generally focused on landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, his main aim was to examine human forms in the open air and their

Alphonse Mucha (July 24, 1860—July 14, 1939) was an artist of the Czech and Central European Art Nouveau, a famed illustrator and decorator, and a lover of Slavic peoples. Alphonse Mucha’s Life After youthful training in choir singing, Mucha followed his love of drawing and painting for the rest of his life. This was possible

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684—July 18, 1721) was a short-lived French painter and draftsman who contributed to the French Baroque’s resolution into Rococo and significantly influenced 18th-century fashion. Jean-Antoine Watteau Summary: Watteau was one of the first painters of the Rococo movement. He started out making copies of popular Dutch and Flemish genre paintings in Paris. The

Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a Spanish court painter, specialising in portraits and Romantic works. Francisco Goya Summary Full name is Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes His Naked Maya is one of the most daring and famous nudes in the history of art From 1799 honoured as the painter of the Spanish court Painted Kings Charles

Mary Cassatt (May 22, 1844—June 14, 1926) was an Impressionist painter from Pennsylvania who operated in Paris for a large part of her career and who entertained close relations with the Impressionist circle. Mary Cassatt’s Life Cassatt, who came from a well-off family with French-Huguenot roots, attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and

Eugène Delacroix (April 26 1798—August 13 1863) is the supreme master of Romanticism in painting. Acknowledged from a young age as a technically gifted artist, he created some of the world’s most iconic paintings. Early life Eugène Delacroix had a thoroughly successful artistic career. It began at the prestigious imperial institute Lycée Louis-le-Grand, where he

Augustus Wall Callcott 1779-1844 was a British painter who worked in the grand classical and romantic manner prevalent at the time, although he is known primarily for his land and seascapes. His river and coast scenes such as Dead Calm, a pristine rendering of water and air from 1820, The Entrance to the Pool of

Paul Signac (November 11 1863—August 15, 1935) is the most accomplished Pointillist and an artistic innovator within the Neo-Impressionist movement. Influences Signac is said to have decided to become a painter after seeing an exhibition by Claude Monet. The latter’s luminous landscapes convinced him to abandon his own architecture studies in 1880 when he was

Andrei Ryabushkin was a Russian painter, active during the end of the 19th century who specialized in pictures of the everyday life of people in Russia during the 17th Century. His family were painters of religious icons and Ryabushkin studied at the Moscow School of Painting as a teenager. After leaving, he toured Russia, studied

James Jebusa Shannon, a distinguished American-born artist known for his exquisite portraits and genre paintings, was born on February 3, 1862, in Auburn, New York. His life and career, which spanned both sides of the Atlantic, reflect a dedication to capturing the elegance and grace of his subjects. Early Life and Artistic Beginnings James Jebusa

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) is one of the great post-Impressionist painters. He was among the first to recognize the importance of non-Western art and his art was crucial in the development of art in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Early Life Paul Gauguin (Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin) was born in Paris in 1848. His father was

André Derain was a French Painter who was regarded to have been the co-founder of the art style Fauvism, along with compatriot Henri Matisse. Just six years into his career as an artist, renowned art dealer Ambroise Vollard purchased his entire collection of paintings, allowing him to spend the rest of his 40+ working years

Henri Rousseau (May 21 1844—September 2 1910) was a self-taught French painter of the so-called naïve and primitive style whose work influenced that of Pablo Picasso and the early avant-garde. Notably disregarded as an artist in his lifetime, Rousseau is appreciated today by the critics both for his influence and for his peculiar technique. Early

Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891) was a French Neo-Impressionist artist and is regarded as one of the four great post Impressionists. He developed revolutionary techniques in art that have proven to be remarkably influential. Early Life Seurat was born in Paris, into an affluent middle-class family. He developed an interest in art from an incredibly