François-Louis Français (1814 - 1897)

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François-Louis Français

François-Louis Français, also known as Louis Français, was a French painter, lithographer and illustrator who became one of the most commercially successful landscape painters of the 19th century. A former pupil of Gigoux, he began his career by studying lithography and wood engraving, becoming a prolific illustrator and print-maker. His work as an illustrator is to be found in around forty books and numerous magazines from the late 1830s to the 1860s. Français also produced a large number of pen and ink drawings, enhanced by sepia, notable for their attention to detail and for their technical adroitness and conciseness.

Français is associated with the Barbizon School of painting, a movement to represent art in nature in a Romantic, Realist context. In 1836 whilst at Barbizon he met the landscape painter Camille Corot and began a ten-year association as a friend and acolyte. Français's paintings possess some of the prominent features of the work of Corot in his use of tonal colours, loose brushwork and an emphasis on softness of form.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:17 november 1814, Plombières-les-Bains, France
Date and place of death:28 may 1897, Paris, France
Nationality:France
Period of activity: XIX century
Specialization:Artist, Landscape painter, Painter
Art school / group:Barbizon School
Genre:Landscape painting, Rural landscape
Art style:Romanticism, Neoclassicism

Creators France

Jean Paul Brusset (1909 - 1985)
Jean Paul Brusset
1909 - 1985
Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe (1741 - 1826)
Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe
1741 - 1826
Charles Marie Sarrabezolles (1888 - 1971)
Charles Marie Sarrabezolles
1888 - 1971
André-Jean Le Brun (Lebrun) (1737 - 1811)
André-Jean Le Brun (Lebrun)
1737 - 1811
Otto van Rees (1884 - 1957)
Otto van Rees
1884 - 1957
Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812 - 1892)
Louis-Nicolas Cabat
1812 - 1892
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863 - 1958)
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
1863 - 1958
 Aslan (1930 - 2014)
Aslan
1930 - 2014
Francois Boisrond (1959)
Francois Boisrond
1959
Benoît-Charles Mitoire (1782 - 1832)
Benoît-Charles Mitoire
1782 - 1832
Alexander Munro (1825 - 1871)
Alexander Munro
1825 - 1871
Jean-Jacques Henner (1829 - 1905)
Jean-Jacques Henner
1829 - 1905
María Gutiérrez Blanchard (1881 - 1932)
María Gutiérrez Blanchard
1881 - 1932
Charles-Nicolas Cochin II (1715 - 1790)
Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
1715 - 1790
Sophie Calle (1953)
Sophie Calle
1953
Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov (1787 - 1848)
Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov
1787 - 1848

Creators Neoclassicism

John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
John Ruskin
1819 - 1900
Samuel Colman (1832 - 1920)
Samuel Colman
1832 - 1920
Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810 - 1892)
Ferdinand Barbedienne
1810 - 1892
Albert Arnz (1832 - 1914)
Albert Arnz
1832 - 1914
 Victor Louis (1731 - 1800)
Victor Louis
1731 - 1800
Louis Catoir (1792 - 1841)
Louis Catoir
1792 - 1841
Charles Burton Barber (1845 - 1894)
Charles Burton Barber
1845 - 1894
Victor Lagye (1825 - 1896)
Victor Lagye
1825 - 1896
George Cumberland I (1754 - 1848)
George Cumberland I
1754 - 1848
Felix Schlesinger (1833 - 1910)
Felix Schlesinger
1833 - 1910
Alexandre Bida (1813 - 1895)
Alexandre Bida
1813 - 1895
Étienne-Maxime Vallée (1853 - 1881)
Étienne-Maxime Vallée
1853 - 1881
Jozef Brodovsky (1828 - 1900)
Jozef Brodovsky
1828 - 1900
Hermann August Krüger (1834 - 1908)
Hermann August Krüger
1834 - 1908
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
Herman Melville
1819 - 1891
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803 - 1902)
Thomas Sidney Cooper
1803 - 1902
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