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The French Foundation 1750 - 1950

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JL David 1748 - 1825
JA Ingres 1780 - 1867
T. Gericault 1791 - 1824
CJB Corot 1796 - 1875
E. Delacroix 1798 - 1863
H. Daumier 1808 - 1879
JF Millet 1814 - 1875
G. Courbet 1819 - 1877
E. Manet 1832 - 1883
Impressionists (1)
C. Pissarro 1830 - 1903
E. Degas 1834 - 1917
A. Sisley 1839 - 1899 (2)
C. Monet 1840 - 1926
B. Morisot 1841 - 1895
A. Renoir 1841 - 1919
M. Cassatt 1844 - 1926 (3)

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Non or Post-Impressionists (1)
P. Cézanne 1839 - 1906
P. Gaughin 1848 - 1903
V. Van Gogh 1853-1890 (4)
G. Seurat 1859 - 1891
H. de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864 - 1901
P. Bonnard 1867 - 1947

(1) These categorizations are, of course, the informal opinion of the website editor. For example, Mary Cassatt wrote of Cezanne as, "the first impressionist, Monsieur Cezanne -- the inventor of impressionism, as Madame D. [ed. I assume Degas] calls him..." But while Cezanne knew the impressionists and occasionally exhibited with them, both he and his art stayed pretty much apart. (Mary Cassatt quote is from a letter to Mrs. Stillman in 1894. Citation taken from Paul Cezanne Letters, ed. John Rewald; original citation from: Breeskin, Adelyn, The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, H. Bittner & Co., 1948)
(2) Sisley's parents were English, but he was born in Paris and painted in France.
(3) Mary Cassatt was American, but was part of the core group of Independents grouped as the "Impressionists".
(4) Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands, but it seemed silly not to include him here.


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