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1) Courbet
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Gustave Courbet (Ornans, 1819 – La Tour de Peilz, Suisse, 1877) Ornans, sa ville natale, se situe près la ravissante vallée du Doubs, et c'est là que jeune garçon, et plus tard en tant qu'homme, il acquit l'amour du paysage. Il était par nature révolutionnaire, un homme né pour s'opposer à l'ordre existant et affirmer son indépendance ; il possédait la rage et la brutalité qui font le poids d'un révolutionnaire en art comme en politique....
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"Paul Gauguin's legend as a transgressive genius arises as much from his biography as his aesthetically daring Polynesian paintings. Gauguin is chiefly known for his pictures that eschewed convention, to celebrate the beauty of an indigenous people and their culture. In this gorgeously illustrated, myth-busting work, Sue Prideaux reveals that while Gauguin was a complicated man, his scandalous reputation is largely undeserved.Self-taught, Gauguin...
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Known for his posters for cabarets and performances, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864- 1901) was the painter of Parisian nightlife par excellence. Completely immerged in the bohemian milieu of the period, he produced numerous paintings and lithographs representing the lower levels of society. More than any other painter of his time, Lautrec stands out as the embodiment of Paris. At night, the city of hidden and frenzied pleasures, as well as of outdoor...
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The 1860s were marked by a strong realistic movement in Russian painting. Artists became interested in depicting the lives and customs of their fellow countrymen. This new art form was mostly the work of the Itinerants group, who wanted to take art to the people and paint the outdoors. Mikhail Guerman traces the converging lines of Russian and French art in the immensely fertile period of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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"Finalist for the 2012-2013 Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies" Bridget Alsdorf is an assistant professor in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University.
Focusing on the art of Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) and his colleagues Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Frédéric Bazille, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Fellow Men argues for the importance of the group as a defining subject of nineteenth-century French...
