Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Guardian of the old ways
1780 – 1867
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Nudes teach you everything you need to know (to paint landscapes)
1796 – 1875
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
1699 – 1779
Jean-François Millet
A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die
1814 – 1875
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Young and hot forever
1732 – 1806
Jean-Léon Gérôme
A merciless teacher trains 2000 young artists
1824 – 1904
Joseph Ducreux
International diplomat to meme-lord
1735 – 1802
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Visionary promoter of photography
1787 – 1851
Louise Moillon
Subtle, sultry peaches
1610 – 1696
Madeleine Lemaire
1845 – 1928
Marcel Duchamp
Giving art a cheerful middle finger
1887 – 1968
Marguerite Gérard
1761 – 1837
Marianne Loir
1715 – 1769
Marie Bracquemond
An impressionist's legacy buried by abuse
1840 – 1916
Marie Laurencin
Cubist Feminist
1883 – 1956
Marie Raymond
1908 – 1988
Maurice Denis
Art as prophesy
1870 – 1943
Nicéphore Niépce
The inventor of Photography
1765 – 1833
Odilon Redon
The faces we see in our dreams
1840 – 1916
Paul Cézanne
A lifelong struggle to capture the intensity of life
1839 – 1906
Paul Gauguin
In search of a lost paradise
1848 – 1903
Paul Sérusier
1864 – 1927
Paul Signac
1863 – 1935
Pierre Bonnard
All in with color
1867 – 1947
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
The Forgotten Master
1824 – 1898
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
A self-taught painter struggles through poverty and war
1841 – 1919
Robert Delaunay
1885 – 1941
Rosa Bonheur
Love animals, wear pants, live without compromise
1822 – 1899
Sarah Bernhardt
Actress on stage and screen moonlights as a sculptor
1844 – 1923
Suzanne Valadon
Provocative model becomes a transgressive artist
1865 – 1938
Théodore Géricault
Bigger is better
1798 – 1863
Théodore Rousseau
The blasted landscapes of bad luck
1812 – 1867
Trophime Bigot
Candle Master
1579 – 1650
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Creating beauty by the rules
1825 – 1905
