Charles TICHON Semaine d'Aviation de Lyon 1910

Just six-and-a-half years after the Wright Brothers first achieved flight, this Great Aviation Week in Lyon “took place in front
of one hundred thousand spectators” (Affiches d'Aviation, p. 33). The numerous biplanes and novel monoplane architectures
in this image testify to the excitement, creativity and ambition of the new era. The year 1910 was notable for a proliferation
of aviation firsts and failures – including the first seaplane flight, and the first experiments with airborne weaponry.
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David DELLEPIANE Côte d'Azur 1910

An understudy of Chéret, David Dellepiane returned from Paris to his childhood home of Marseilles,
where he took fine advantage of the Provençal light to create dreamy Impressionist portraits of the Côte d'Azur.
This, one of his most famous posters for the region, sees him emulating Renoir and Sisley – but on the far right,
the lady with the parasol is rendered with a nod to British Modernism. Two other posters, for Antibes and Grasse,
have nearly the same composition: just a slight difference in the trees, and in the artistic mode of presentation.
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Madeleine LEMAIRE A Young Beauty


Madeleine Lemaire, nom d'artiste de Jeanne Magdelaine Colle (1854-1928) est une artiste peintre et aquarelliste française de genre académique.

Madeleine Lemaire (1845–1928) was a French painter specialized in elegant genre works, and flowers. Robert de Montesquiou said she was The Empress of the Roses. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn to the Parisian salons of the aristocracy. She herself held a salon where she received high society in her hôtel particulier on the Rue de Monceau.

Madeleine LEMAIRE Fairies


Madeleine Lemaire, nom d'artiste de Jeanne Magdelaine Colle (1854-1928) est une artiste peintre et aquarelliste française de genre académique.

Madeleine Lemaire (1845–1928) was a French painter specialized in elegant genre works, and flowers. Robert de Montesquiou said she was The Empress of the Roses. She introduced Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn to the Parisian salons of the aristocracy. She herself held a salon where she received high society in her hôtel particulier on the Rue de Monceau.

Gustave COURBET Deer in the Forest 1868


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.

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.

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.

Paul RANSON Snack among the Dunes 1897


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

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

Paul RANSON Digitales 1899


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

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

Armand POINT 1890s


Armand Point (1860-1932) est un peintre français.

Armand Point (1860-1932) was a French painter, engraver and designer who was associated with the Symbolist movement and was one of the founders of the Salon de la Rose + Croix.

Edgar MAXENCE


Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) est un peintre symboliste français.

Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter.

Edgar MAXENCE


Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) est un peintre symboliste français.

Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter.

Edgar MAXENCE Peacock Profile


Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) est un peintre symboliste français.

Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter.

Edgar MAXENCE The Book of Peace


Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) est un peintre symboliste français.

Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter.

Jean-Leon GEROME Slave in Caire 1872


Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) est un peintre et sculpteur français, membre de l'Académie des beaux-arts. Il composa des scènes orientalistes, mythologiques, historiques et religieuses. 

Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students.