Louis VALTAT

Louis Valtat (1869-1952) est un peintre et graveur français.

Louis Valtat (1869-1952) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Fauves ("the wild beasts", so named for their wild use of color), who first exhibited together in 1905 at the Salon d'Automne. He is noted as a key figure in the stylistic transition in painting from Monet to Matisse.

Marc CHAGALL

Marc Chagall, né Moïche Zakharovitch Chagalov (1887-1985) est un peintre et graveur né en Biélorussie (alors intégrée à l'Empire russe), naturalisé français en 1937. Il est l'un des plus célèbres artistes installés en France au 20e siècle, avec Pablo Picasso. 

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints.

Elisabeth SONREL - Young Girl in Yellow

Elisabeth Sonrel (1874-1953) est une artiste peintre et illustratrice française de style Art nouveau.

Elisabeth Sonrel (1874-1953) was a French painter and illustrator in the Art Nouveau style. Her works included allegorical subjects, mysticism and symbolism, portraits and landscapes.

Elisabeth SONREL Cordelia

Elisabeth Sonrel (1874-1953) est une artiste peintre et illustratrice française de style Art nouveau.

Elisabeth Sonrel (1874-1953) was a French painter and illustrator in the Art Nouveau style. Her works included allegorical subjects, mysticism and symbolism, portraits and landscapes.

Suzanne VALADON Portrait of Raminou the Cat

Suzanne Valadon, pseudonyme de Marie-Clémentine Valadon (1865-1938) est une artiste peintre française. Elle est la mère du peintre Maurice Utrillo.

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) was a French painter and artists' model who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo. The subjects of her drawings and paintings included mostly female nudes, female portraits, still lifes, and landscapes. She never attended the academy and was never confined within a tradition. Valadon spent nearly 40 years of her life as an artist.

Edouard ROSSET-GRANGER The Sleepwalker 1897

Édouard Rosset-Granger (1853-1934) est un peintre et illustrateur français.

Édouard Rosset-Granger (1853-1934) was a French genre and portrait painter who adopted the academic style.

Francine CHARDERON Elegant Woman with Fur Muff 1899

Francine Charderon (1861-1928) est une artiste peintre française, originaire de Lyon.

Francine Charderon  (1861-1928) was a French portrait painter.

Gustave COURBET The Desperate Man 1844

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) est un peintre et sculpteur français, chef de file du courant réaliste.

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. His independence set an example that was important to later artists, such as the Impressionists and the Cubists. Courbet occupies an important place in 19th-century French painting as an innovator and as an artist willing to make bold social statements through his work.

Paul RANSON Annonciation 1895

Paul-Élie Ranson (1861-1909) est un artiste peintre et graveur nabi français.

Paul-Élie Ranson (1861-1909) was a French painter and writer.