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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

Alexandre Cabanel, The ArtistsPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Creativity vs the Académie

1823 – 1889
Mary Edmonia Lewis, The ArtistsPortrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis

African-American Chippewa woman takes over sculpture

1844 – 1907
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The ArtistsPortrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720 – 1778
Marie Bashkirtseff, The ArtistsPortrait of Marie Bashkirtseff

Marie Bashkirtseff

"To live so filled with ambition, and at the end, oblivion!"

1858 – 1884
Joseph Ducreux, The ArtistsPortrait of Joseph Ducreux

Joseph Ducreux

International diplomat to meme-lord

1735 – 1802
Gottfried Lindauer, The Artists

Gottfried Lindauer

Anthropology or exploitation? Portraits of the Māori

1839 – 1926
17011900

Constance Mayer

John Constable

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Edward Hicks

John James Audubon

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