Posts in Category: 19th Century

Léon Bakst

Léon Bakst, Russian painter and stage designer, May 10, 1866-December 28, 1924

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter, May 11, 1827 – October 12, 1875

Cecilia Beaux

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Eva Gonzàles

Eva Gonzàles, French painter, April 19, 1849 – May 6, 1883

Sir George Clausen

Sir George Clausen, British artist, April 18, 1852 – November 22, 1944

John Hoppner

John Hoppner, English portrait painter, April 4, 1758 – January 23, 1810

Théodore Rousseau

Théodore Rousseau, French painter, April 15, 1812 – December 22, 1867

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French painter and draughtsman, April 4, 1758 – February 16, 1823

William Morris Hunt

William Morris Hunt, American painter, March 31, 1824 – September 8, 1879

Albert Marquet

Albert Marquet, March 27, 1875–June 14, 1947, was a French painter born in Bordeaux. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and later at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with Gustave Moreau and Paul Sérusier.

Marquet formed a close friendship with Henri Matisse and exhibited with artists associated with Fauvism. He showed at the Salon des Indépendants from 1901 and the Salon d’Automne from 1904.

His works are held in major public collections including the Musée d’Orsay and Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Tate in London.