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

Martha Boto (1925 - 2004)
Martha Boto
1925 - 2004
Louis Cane (1943)
Louis Cane
1943
Bertrand Lavier (1949)
Bertrand Lavier
1949
André Beaurepaire (1924 - 2012)
André Beaurepaire
1924 - 2012
Bernard d'Agesci (1756 - 1829)
Bernard d'Agesci
1756 - 1829
Alexander Kucharsky (1741 - 1819)
Alexander Kucharsky
1741 - 1819
Richard Guino (1890 - 1973)
Richard Guino
1890 - 1973
Edouard Drouot (1859 - 1945)
Edouard Drouot
1859 - 1945
Henri Ding (1844 - 1898)
Henri Ding
1844 - 1898
Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (1817 - 1878)
Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna
1817 - 1878
 Toyen (1902 - 1980)
Toyen
1902 - 1980
Elena Dmitrievna Polenova (1850 - 1898)
Elena Dmitrievna Polenova
1850 - 1898
Raymond Templier (1891 - 1968)
Raymond Templier
1891 - 1968
Yervand Kochar (1899 - 1979)
Yervand Kochar
1899 - 1979
Louis Boulanger (1806 - 1867)
Louis Boulanger
1806 - 1867
Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1934 - 2021)
Jean-Michel Sanejouand
1934 - 2021

Creators Neoclassicism

Louis Derickx (1835 - 1895)
Louis Derickx
1835 - 1895
Ivan Ivanovich Reimers (1818 - 1868)
Ivan Ivanovich Reimers
1818 - 1868
Michel Victor Acier (1736 - 1799)
Michel Victor Acier
1736 - 1799
George Francklin Atkinson (1822 - 1859)
George Francklin Atkinson
1822 - 1859
Ivan Philippovich Tupylev (1758 - 1821)
Ivan Philippovich Tupylev
1758 - 1821
Hendrik Frans (Henri François / Rik) Schaefels (1827 - 1904)
Hendrik Frans (Henri François / Rik) Schaefels
1827 - 1904
Jan Hendrik Verheyen (1778 - 1846)
Jan Hendrik Verheyen
1778 - 1846
George Henry Hall (1825 - 1913)
George Henry Hall
1825 - 1913
Arthur Warocqué (1835 - 1880)
Arthur Warocqué
1835 - 1880
Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Heinrich Heine
1797 - 1856
Paul Kaspar (1891 - 1953)
Paul Kaspar
1891 - 1953
Konstantin Daniel Rosenthal (1820 - 1851)
Konstantin Daniel Rosenthal
1820 - 1851
Marie Jules Justin (1847 - 1891)
Marie Jules Justin
1847 - 1891
Hans Vilz (1902 - 1971)
Hans Vilz
1902 - 1971
Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798 - 1868)
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
1798 - 1868
Philip De Laszlo (1869 - 1937)
Philip De Laszlo
1869 - 1937