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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The ArtistsGrande Odalisquei
Portrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French artist born on August 29, 1780. Ingres contributed to the Neoclassical and Academic movements and died on January 14, 1867.

Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne 1806

La Grande Baigneuse, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

La Grande Baigneuse 1808

Grande Odalisque, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Grande Odalisque 1814

Odalisque with Slave, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Odalisque with Slave 1839

Mary Edmonia Lewis, The ArtistsPortrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis

African-American Chippewa woman takes over sculpture

1844 – 1907
Théodore Géricault, The ArtistsPortrait of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault

Bigger is better

1798 – 1863
Anton Raphael Mengs, The ArtistsPortrait of Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs

1728 – 1779
Alexandre Cabanel, The ArtistsPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Creativity vs the Académie

1823 – 1889
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The ArtistsPortrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

The worst painter of the 19th century

1836 – 1912
Osman Hamdi Bey, The ArtistsPortrait of Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi Bey

Archeologist, painter, scientist, orphan

1842 – 1910
17011900

Constance Mayer

John Constable

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Edward Hicks

John James Audubon

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