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

Alexander Kalam (1810 - 1864)
Alexander Kalam
1810 - 1864
Władysław Podkowiński (1866 - 1895)
Władysław Podkowiński
1866 - 1895
Charles Lepeintre (1735 - 1803)
Charles Lepeintre
1735 - 1803
Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
Eugène Delacroix
1798 - 1863
Georges de La Tour (1593 - 1652)
Georges de La Tour
1593 - 1652
Louis-Gabriel Moreau (1740 - 1806)
Louis-Gabriel Moreau
1740 - 1806
Antoine-Victor Joinville (1801 - 1849)
Antoine-Victor Joinville
1801 - 1849
Bohuslav Reynek (1892 - 1971)
Bohuslav Reynek
1892 - 1971
Georges Lepape (1887 - 1971)
Georges Lepape
1887 - 1971
Martine Andernach (1948)
Martine Andernach
1948
Jules Robert Auguste (1789 - 1850)
Jules Robert Auguste
1789 - 1850
Adolf von Hildebrand (1847 - 1921)
Adolf von Hildebrand
1847 - 1921
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700 - 1759)
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam
1700 - 1759
Johnny Friedlaender (1912 - 1992)
Johnny Friedlaender
1912 - 1992
Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
Jean Giraudoux
1882 - 1944
Guillaume Guillon (1760 - 1832)
Guillaume Guillon
1760 - 1832

Creators Neoclassicism

Karl von Enhuber (1811 - 1867)
Karl von Enhuber
1811 - 1867
Thomas Cole (1801 - 1848)
Thomas Cole
1801 - 1848
Balthasar Paul Ommeganck (1755 - 1826)
Balthasar Paul Ommeganck
1755 - 1826
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (1788 - 1862)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow
1788 - 1862
John Bostock (1826 - 1869)
John Bostock
1826 - 1869
Timofey Yegorovich Myagkov (1811 - 1865)
Timofey Yegorovich Myagkov
1811 - 1865
Emile Faure-Beaulieu (1828 - ?)
Emile Faure-Beaulieu
1828 - ?
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1936)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
1869 - 1936
Jean-Baptiste Fresez (1800 - 1867)
Jean-Baptiste Fresez
1800 - 1867
Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754 - 1829)
Jean-Baptiste Regnault
1754 - 1829
Heinrich Ambros Eckert (1807 - 1840)
Heinrich Ambros Eckert
1807 - 1840
Adolf von Menzel (1815 - 1905)
Adolf von Menzel
1815 - 1905
Nils Edvard Kreuger (1858 - 1930)
Nils Edvard Kreuger
1858 - 1930
Erich Correns (1821 - 1877)
Erich Correns
1821 - 1877
Grigory Ivanovich Ugryumov (1764 - 1823)
Grigory Ivanovich Ugryumov
1764 - 1823
Rudolf Anton Guba (1884 - 1950)
Rudolf Anton Guba
1884 - 1950
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