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Adolphe Hervier Documented profileFrance
The work of Adolphe Hervier brings together painted landscapes and printmaking: his depictions of the countryside and ports in oil or watercolour are complemented by his practice of…
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Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli Documented profileFrance
In some of his personal works, colour takes up a space that extends beyond the subject: Françoise Lempert notes warm tones, heavily impasted paint and effects of radiant light, as if…
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Adolphe Pierre Leleux Documented profileFrance
Adolphe Pierre Leleux, also known as Adolphe-Pierre Leleux, was a French painter born in Paris in 1812 and died in the same city in 1891. He was the brother of the painter Armand Lel…
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Adrien Moreau Documented profileFrance
The French painter Adrien Moreau, born in Troyes in 1843 and deceased in Paris in 1906, made history painting and evocations of the past the core of his practice. His subjects span a…
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Adrien Seguin Documented profileFrance
Adrien Seguin, a French painter born in Pau in 1926 and deceased in Montpellier in 2005, spent his childhood in Senegal and remained in Africa until the age of eighteen. His father,…
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Alain Bonnefoit Documented profileFrance
Born in Paris on 18 May 1937, Alain Bonnefoit has an artistic practice encompassing painting, sculpture, lithography and drawing. A painter of nudes, he works notably in oil and sumi…
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Alain Jacquet Documented profileFrance
French artist Alain Jacquet (1939–2008) develops a body of work in which fragmentation into dots and circular framing feature in several documented works. Before devoting himself to…
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Albert André Documented profileFrance
Albert André’s path leads from training as an industrial draughtsman to a practice of painting in which colour helps construct volume. Before leaving for Paris, he trained as an indu…
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Albert Bligny Documented profileFrance
Albert Bligny specialises in military subjects, which form the focus of his artistic practice. He attends secondary school at the Collège de Château-Thierry and exhibits at the Salon…
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Albert Gleizes Documented profileFrance
Self-taught, Albert Gleizes began painting around 1901 in the Impressionist tradition. At the 1911 Salon des Indépendants, he took part in the collective presentation of the Cubists…
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Albert Lebourg Documented profileFrance
Winter landscapes and sites by the water are among Albert Lebourg’s preferred subjects. Neige à Pont-du-Château, painted in oil on canvas in 1885, is held at the Musée d’art Roger-Qu…
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Albert Marquet Documented profileFrance
Albert Marquet, also known as Pierre Albert Marquet, was born in 1875 and died in 1947. The works listed under his name by the Art Institute of Chicago feature subjects related to th…
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Alcide Théophile Robaudi Documented profileFrance
The French painter Alcide Théophile Robaudi (1850–1928) is represented, among other things, in an auction entry by a watercolour on paper. Entitled «Mädchen mit Katze und Hund», the…
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Alexander Altmann Documented profileFrance
Alexandre Altmann, a Russian-French painter born in 1878 and deceased in 1932, was born in Sobolevka, Ukraine, according to a biographical source. After studying at the School of Fin…
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Alexandre Auguste Rose Documented profileFrance
French painter Alexandre Auguste Rose is listed as 1803–1889 in a market notice. Among the works attributed to his name is *The lovers*; in the lot description, Alexandre Auguste Ros…
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Alexandre Defaux Documented profileFrance
The French painter Alexandre Defaux, associated with the Barbizon School and whose full name was Jean Alexandre Defaux, was born in Bercy on 27 September 1826 and died in Melun on 4…
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Alexis Kreyder Documented profileFrance
French painter born in Andlau in 1839 and died in Paris in 1912, Alexis Kreyder is particularly known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit. Auction records document this aspect o…
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Alfred Courmes Documented profileFrance
Alfred Courmes (1898–1993), a French painter, developed a body of work in which subjects drawn from mythology and the Christian tradition are treated in a frequently humorous manner,…
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Alfred de Dreux Documented profileFrance
A French portrait and animal painter, Alfred de Dreux specialized in the representation of the horse. From 1823, encouraged by his uncle, the painter Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy, he…
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Alfred Sisley Documented profileFrance
Born in Paris in 1839 to English merchant parents who had settled in the capital for their business, Alfred Sisley chose painting after returning to France in 1860 and obtaining his…
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Alphonse Quizet Documented profileFrance
The French figurative painter Alphonse Quizet (1885–1955), born in Paris, devoted a significant part of his work to the capital’s neighbourhoods and urban landscapes, particularly Mo…
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Amédée Ozenfant Documented profileFrance
The French painter Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966) is associated, in the Art Institute of Chicago catalogue, with several works dating from different periods. Landscape (Bordeaux II), fr…
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André Dunoyer de Segonzac Documented profileFrance
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974) is described as a painter and graphic artist. The works listed by the Art Institute of Chicago attest to a varied range of subjects, from landsc…
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André Lanskoy Documented profileFrance
The French-Russian painter André Lanskoy, born in 1902 and deceased in 1976, followed a path from his first works made in Kiev to the presentation of abstract paintings, and then to…
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André Lhote Documented profileFrance
The French painter, printmaker, illustrator, art theorist and teacher André Lhote (1885–1962) pursued artistic creation alongside reflection on art and its teaching. His position on…
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André Maire Documented profileFrance
The French painter André Maire, born in Paris in 1898 and deceased in 1984, developed a body of work attentive to the places he travelled through and the cultures he encountered. His…
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André Masson Documented profileFrance
The French painter André Masson (1896–1987) is represented in the catalogue of the Art Institute of Chicago by works dating from several periods of his career. These include The Helm…
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André Planson Documented profileFrance
André Planson is one of the Peintres de la réalité poétique, a group he formed with Roland Oudot, Maurice Brianchon, Christian Caillard, Roger Limouse and Raymond Legueult. After rec…
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André Utter Documented profileFrance
The French painter André Utter, born in Paris in 1886 and deceased there in 1948, pursued his artistic career in the circle of Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo. Introduced to pain…
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André Wilder Documented profileFrance
The French painter André Wilder was born in Paris in 1871 and died in Antibes in 1965. Born Eugène Lucien André van Wilder to parents of Belgian origin, he became a French citizen in…
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Anna Beothy-Steiner Documented profileFrance · Hungary
Her paintings, often executed in gouache on paper, are accompanied by drawings of an abstract conception, frequently characterised by vivid colours. Painter born in 1902 and died in…
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Anselme Boix-Vives Documented profileFrance
Anselme Boix-Vives (1899–1969), a French painter of Spanish origin, began painting at around the age of sixty. A self-taught artist, he devoted himself to painting after his wife’s d…
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Antoine Blanchard Documented profileFrance
Under the name Antoine Blanchard, Marcel Masson developed a landscape practice whose preferred subjects were the walls of Montmartre and the Paris suburbs. He also painted scenes of…
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Antoine Chintreuil Documented profileFrance
The French painter Antoine Chintreuil, born in Pont-de-Vaux in 1814 and died in Septeuil in 1873, made landscape a setting for close observation of nature, which he sought to depict…
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Antoni Clavé Documented profileSpain · France
Two documented works mark distinct reference points in Antoni Clavé’s work: the Art Institute of Chicago lists *The Coach of the Blessed Sacrament* (*La Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement*)…
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Aristide Maillol Documented profileFrance
The French sculptor Aristide Maillol, born and died in Banyuls-sur-Mer (1861–1944), developed his oeuvre after an initial engagement with painting and the decorative arts, particular…
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Arman Documented profileFrance · United States
Under the name Arman, Armand Pierre Fernandez (1928–2005) developed a body of work in which the object first intervenes through its traces, and later through its direct presence. Aft…
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Armand Avril Documented profileFrance
Armand Avril, a French painter and sculptor born in Lyon in 1926, is particularly known for his assemblages of cork stoppers, shown as early as 1970 at Galerie Le Lutrin in Lyon. Aft…
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Armand Henrion Documented profileBelgium · France
Belgian painter Armand François Joseph Henrion was born in Liège on 30 May 1875 and is listed as having died in 1958. After exhibiting in Belgian salons, he settled in Paris and took…
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Armand Leleux Documented profileFrance
A French painter born in Paris in 1818 and who died in Dardagny in 1885, Armand Hubert Simon Leleux developed an oeuvre in which realistic genre scenes sit alongside more intimate in…
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Árpád Szenes Documented profileFrance · Hungary
French painter of Hungarian origin, Árpád Szenes develops his work from poetic intimacy towards contemplative landscapes in which figurative references become less pronounced. Pierre…
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Auguste Herbin Documented profileFrance
Among the works dated to his early years are Fleurs et fruits, from 1905, as well as House and Flowering Cherry Trees, Hamburg, from 1907; Kornfeld also lists a Port de Hambourg, cir…
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Auguste Raffet Documented profileFrance
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet, known as Auguste Raffet, was a French artist whose practice encompassed drawing, printmaking, painting and illustration. Born in Paris on 2 March 1804, he…
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Auguste Rodin Documented profileFrance
A sales notice reports that 174 works by Auguste Rodin were presented at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, an indication of the extent of his presence at the event. The works…
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Augustin Grass-Mick Documented profileFrance
A painter, pastellist and draughtsman, Augustin Grass-Mick worked in portraiture, urban scenes and landscape as well as press illustration; his career thus encompassed several genres…
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Aurélie Nemours Documented profileFrance
The square, the preferred format for her canvases from 1965 onwards, and the exploration of the vibration of black and white in several series are essential reference points in the w…
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Avni Arbaş Documented profileFrance · Turkey
Born in Istanbul in 1919 and died in Izmir in 2003, Avni Arbaş incorporated subjects related to everyday life and the landscapes of Turkey into his work, from the Bosphorus to fishin…
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Bernar Venet Documented profileFrance
French artist Bernar Venet, born in 1941 in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, develops a body of work that moves from raw materials and conceptual proposals to monumental sculptures instal…
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Bernard Aubertin Documented profileFrance
Bernard Aubertin (1934–2015), a French visual artist, makes monochrome red and material central elements of his work: from 1958, he creates textured surfaces using tools such as spat…
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Bernard Cathelin Documented profileFrance
The French painter, lithographer and illustrator Bernard Robert André Cathelin made colour the organizing principle of his work: his compositions bring colours and tones together in…
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GND / Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / lobid · CC0 · RKDartists / RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History · ODC-BY 1.0 · 11.10.2026
ICCD / Ministero della Cultura — Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali · CC-BY 4.0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington / The Museum of Modern Art, New York / The Cleveland Museum of Art / The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) · Open Access · CC0 · 12.10.2026