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

Guillaume Cammas (1688 - 1777)
Guillaume Cammas
1688 - 1777
Rene Laubies (1924 - 2006)
Rene Laubies
1924 - 2006
Johann Peter Molin (1814 - 1873)
Johann Peter Molin
1814 - 1873
Valentin Le Campion (1903 - 1952)
Valentin Le Campion
1903 - 1952
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735 - 1784)
Nicolas Bernard Lépicié
1735 - 1784
Henri Lebasque (1865 - 1937)
Henri Lebasque
1865 - 1937
Jules Trayer (1824 - 1909)
Jules Trayer
1824 - 1909
Nicolas Coustou (1658 - 1733)
Nicolas Coustou
1658 - 1733
 Sanyu (1895 - 1966)
Sanyu
1895 - 1966
Joseph Csaky (1888 - 1971)
Joseph Csaky
1888 - 1971
Lewis Baltz (1945 - 2014)
Lewis Baltz
1945 - 2014
Eugene Ciceri (1813 - 1890)
Eugene Ciceri
1813 - 1890
Gustave-Henri Jossot (1866 - 1951)
Gustave-Henri Jossot
1866 - 1951
Memos Makrisz (1913 - 1993)
Memos Makrisz
1913 - 1993
Andre Mare (1885 - 1932)
Andre Mare
1885 - 1932
 Corneille (1922 - 2010)
Corneille
1922 - 2010

Creators Neoclassicism

Woldemar Friedrich (1846 - 1910)
Woldemar Friedrich
1846 - 1910
Auguste Prévot-Valéri (1857 - 1930)
Auguste Prévot-Valéri
1857 - 1930
Léon Emile Caille (1836 - 1907)
Léon Emile Caille
1836 - 1907
Jean-Augustin Franquelin (1798 - 1839)
Jean-Augustin Franquelin
1798 - 1839
John Quidor (1801 - 1881)
John Quidor
1801 - 1881
Ernest Braems (1883 - 1965)
Ernest Braems
1883 - 1965
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Richard Wagner
1813 - 1883
Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875)
Jean-François Millet
1814 - 1875
Robert Ronald McIan (1803 - 1856)
Robert Ronald McIan
1803 - 1856
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852 - 1911)
Edwin Austin Abbey
1852 - 1911
Samuel Colman (1832 - 1920)
Samuel Colman
1832 - 1920
Arthur Hacker (1858 - 1919)
Arthur Hacker
1858 - 1919
Friedrich Ernst Morgenstern (1853 - 1919)
Friedrich Ernst Morgenstern
1853 - 1919
Alfred Marsaud (XIX century - ?)
Alfred Marsaud
XIX century - ?
Raja Ravi Varma (1848 - 1906)
Raja Ravi Varma
1848 - 1906
John Banvard (1815 - 1891)
John Banvard
1815 - 1891
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