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Sébastien Bourdon

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, february 2, French

Sébastien Bourdon, French painter and engraver, February 2, 1616-May 8, 1671

Laban Searching the Belongings of Jacob Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 26.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 102.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Death of Dido, between 1637 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 53.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Self-Portrait, 1652–1658 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 22 in // Palace of Versailles

Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, between 1646 and 1647 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 57 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

A Brawl in a Guard-Room, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 29.48 x 23.85 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

The Baptism of Christ, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 45.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Departure of Jacob, Unknown date Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 54.3 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

The Finding of Moses, c 1655/1660 Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Bathsheba Guiding Solomon to the Throne, c 1643 Oil on canvas, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France

Christ Receiving the Children, c 1655 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Christ and the Samaritan Woman Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 78.3 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Eugène Carrière

On December 31, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, january 17

Eugène Carrière, French painter, January 17, 1849 - March 27, 1906

Self-Portrait, c 1893 Oil on canvas, 16.2 x 12.8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Little d'Artagnan, between c 1880 and c 1885 Oil on canvas Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Winding Wool, 1887 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 34.4 in // Tate Gallery, London

Woman from Behind, Undressing, c 1890–95 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 15.2 in // Unknown Collection

The Theater of Belleville, 1895 Oil on canvas, 86.6 x 192.9 in // Musée Rodin, Paris

Portrait of a Boy, 1886 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Verlaine, 1890 Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 in // Louvre, Paris

Portrait of Paul Gauguin, 1891 Oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery

Woman Leaning on a Table, c 1893 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Poster: Literary, Artistic, Social Aurore, 1898 Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Rodin, 1897 Lithograph National Gallery of Art , Washington DC

Arsène Carriere, 1899/1900 Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 × 18 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Berthe Morisot

On December 28, 2025 - 19th Century, French, january 14

Berthe Morisot, French painter, January 14, 1841 — March 2, 1895

Unknown photographer, Berthe Morisot

The Mother and Sister of the Artist, between 1869 and 1870 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 32.2 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Young Girl in a Green Coat, c 1894 Oil on canvas, 45.8 x 32.1 in // Private collection

The Coiffure, 1894 Oil on canvas, 21.6 x 18.1 in // National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires

The Artist's Sister at a Window, 1869 Oil on canvas, 21 9/16 x 18 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Two Sisters on a Couch, 1869 Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 32 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Woman and Child on a Balcony, 1872 Oil on canvas, 24 x 19.6 in // Artizon Museum, Tokyo.

Boat on the Quay, 1875 Watercolor on paper, 9.1 x 6.7 in // Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France

Boats - Entry to the Medina in the Isle of Wight, 1875 Watercolor on paper, 6.9 x 7.5 in // Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boulogne Wood Watercolor Private Collection

Girl Picking Cherries, 1891 Red chalk with stumping on light brown paper, 29 5/16 x 19 15/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Peasant Girl, 1890 Red chalk with stumping on light brown paper, 20 3/8 x 17 5/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Nude Study of a Peasant Girl, 1891 Red chalk, 5.9 x 9.1 in

Henri Fantin-Latour

On December 28, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, january 14

Henri Fantin-Latour, French Painter, January 14, 1836 – August 25, 1904

Self-portrait, 1859 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 32.8 in // Museum of Grenoble

Still Life with a Carafe, Flowers and Fruit, 1865 Oil on canvas, 23.26 x 20.27 in // National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

White Roses, 1871 Oil on canvas, 8.5 × 8.9 in // Private collection

Poppies, 1891 Oil on canvas, 2.36 x 2.09 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Still Life with Mustard Pot, 1860 Oil on canvas, 10 1/4 × 15 3/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Vase of Flowers with a Coffee Cup, 1865 Oil on canvas Private collection

Mr and Mrs Edwin Edwards, 1875 Oil on canvas, 38.6 x 51.4 in // Tate Gallery, London

Portrait of Édouard Manet, 1867 Oil on canvas, 46.2 x 35.4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Marie-Yolande de Fitz-James, 1867 Oil on fabric, 19.7 x 16.6 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

By the Table, 1872 Oil on canvas, 62.99 x 88.58 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

The Dubourg Family, 1878 Oil on canvas, 57.6 x 67.1 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Madame Lerolle, 1882 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 31 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Gustave Doré

On December 23, 2025 - 19th Century, French, january 6

Gustave Doré, French graphic artist and illustrator, January 6, 1832 - January 23, 1883

Nadar Gustave Doré, between 1856 and 1858 Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Red Riding Hood Meets Old Father Wolf Illustration from an edition of Charles Perrault's fairy tales, 1862

Cinderella Illustration from an edition of Charles Perrault's fairy tales, 1862

The Prince Walking Into Sleeping Beauty's Palace Illustration from an edition of Charles Perrault's fairy tales, 1862

Over London – by Rail, from London: A Pilgrimage, 1872 Engraving Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Ludgate Hill - A block in the Street, from London: A Pilgrimage, 1872 Engraving

Troubadours Singing the Glories of the Crusades

Don Quijote, 1863 Book illustration

Vision of Saint John, 1884 Book illustration

Roland at Roncevaux Oil on canvas, 58.6 x 44.8 in // Private collection

Madness Oil on canvas, 67.1 x 47.4 in // Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales

Flower Sellers of London, c 1875 Oil on canvas, 87 x 52.99 in // Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

Jacques-Émile Blanche

On December 22, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, january 1

Jacques-Émile Blanche, French artist, January 1, 1861 –30 September 30, 1942

Self-Portrait, c 1890 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 21 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris

Henry James, 1908 Oil on canvas, 39.25 x 31.73 in // National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

Portrait of a Woman, 1890 Pastel on prepared canvas, 32 11/16 x 23 1/16 in // Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1895 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x29 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

James Joyce, 1935 Oil on canvas

Jacques-Émile Blanche, Julia Prinsep Stephen (mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell), between c1929 and c 1931 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 28.5 in Government Art Collection, UK

Julia Prinsep Stephen (mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell), between c1929 and c 1931 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 28.5 in // Government Art Collection, UK

Marcel Proust, 1892 Oil on canvas

Vjatslav Nijinski, 1910 Oil on canvas, 13.8 x 25.6 in // Private collection

Jacques-Émile Blanche, Portrait of Madeleine Pissard as Roxane in Molière's l'Amour Médecin, 1921 Oil on canvas, 41.2 x 33.8 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris

Portrait of Madeleine Pissard as Roxane in Molière's l'Amour Médecin, 1921 Oil on canvas, 41.2 x 33.8 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris

Portrait of the Novelist Colette, 1905 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 46.5 in // Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Jacques-Émile Blanche, Portrait of Eugenia Huici Arguedas de Errazuriz, 1890 Oil on canvas, 64 x 34 1/4 inches. Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis

Portrait of Eugenia Huici Arguedas de Errazuriz, 1890 Oil on canvas, 64 x 34 1/4 in // Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis

August Morning, Dieppe Beach, c 1934, Oil on canvas Tate Britain, London

The Pink Living Room, 1911 Oil on panel, 21.6 x 18.1 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Maurice Utrillo

On December 20, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 26, French

Maurice Utrillo, French Painter, December 26, 1883 – November 5, 1955

Suzanne Valadon Portrait of the Painter Maurice Utrillo, 1921 Oil on canvas, 25.7 x 20.4 in // Musée de Montmartre, Paris

Farm on L'Ile d'Ouessant (Finistere) Oil on panel, 17 x 23 in // Private Collection

Hector Berlioz's House Oil, 28.7 x 39.4 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rue Jean Durand and the Church, Stains, c 1938 - 1940 Oil on canvas, 18.1 x 21.7 in // Private Collection

The "Lapin Agile" Oil on panel, 23.3 x 31.2 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Cottin Passage, c 1910 Oil on canvas, 21.3 x 28.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

Church at St Hilaire, c 1911 Oil on board, 19.8 x 25.6 in // Tate Gallery, London

Road at Sannois, c 1912 Oil on canvas, 21.3 x 31.9 in // The Courtauld Institute, London

Rue des Poissonniers, Montmartre Oil on board, 17.4 x 23.4 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Church at Longpont, 1919 Oil on card, 30.9 x 23.1 in // Southampton City Art Gallery, UK

The Church of Saint-Séverin, c 1913 Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 21 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

La Place du Tertre, c 1910 Oil on canvas, 19.5 x 28.5 in // Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh

Rue Ravignan, Paris, 1910 Oil on canvas, 23 7/8 × 28 13/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Aristide Maillol

On December 2, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 8, French

Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter, December 8, 1861-September 27, 1944

Aristide Maillol photographed in 1925 by Alfred Kuhn

The Three Graces, 1930

Sitting Woman, Bronze, c 1914

Female Torso "Summer," c 1910 Bronze, 33.9 x 18.9 x 13 in // Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Cyclist, 1907

The Woman with the Umbrella, 1895 Oil on canvas, 75 x 58.8 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Portrait of Mademoiselle Jeanne Faraill, between 1888 and 1889 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 40.3 in // Private collection

Portrait of Dina, 1940 Oil on canvas

Sunflowers

Study of a Woman Sanguine on paper Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Two Nudes, One From the Front, the Other From the Back Louvre, Paris

Naked Woman Sitting, Holding Her Right Leg, Louvre, Paris

Tulip, 1941 Sanguine on paper Musée Maillol, Paris.

Edmond Dulac

On October 15, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, French, october 22

Edmond Dulac, French artist, October 22, 1882-May 25, 1953

Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edmund Dulac, 1914

Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914

Illustration From "Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross," 1914

Illustration From "Sinbad the Sailor & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights," 1914

Illustration for "Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest," 1915

Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale"

Illustration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid"

Illustration to "A Little Girl in a Book", from Fairies I Have Met by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell

Nicolas de Largillière

On October 9, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, French, october 10

Nicolas de Largillière, French painter, October 10, 1656 - March 20, 1746

Self-Portrait, 1707 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 28.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of Charles Le Brun, between 1683 and 1686 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 73.6 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Study of hands, 1710s Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 20.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Nicolas de Largillière, Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.8 in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Crown Prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony, 1714 or 1715 Oil on canvas, 55.4 x 42.1 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Portrait of a Man in a Purple Robe, c 1700 Oil on canvas, 31.2 x 24.6 in // Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Nicolas de Largillière, François-Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire, between 1724 and 1725 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in Museum of the History of France, Versailles

François-Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire, between 1724 and 1725 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in // Museum of the History of France, Versailles

La Belle Strasbourgeoise, 1703 Oil on canvas, 54 × 42 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg

Portrait of Mariana Victoria of Spain, 1724 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 49.2 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Nicolas de Largillière, Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, called Mlle Duclos, in the role of Ariadne, 1710s Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21 in Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, called Mlle Duclos, in the role of Ariadne, 1710s Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Portrait of Pierre van Schuppen, between 1680 and 1683 Oil on canvas, 25.9 x 20.8 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Portrait of General Bardo-Bardi Magalotti, 1690s Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 25.9 in // National Museum in Warsaw

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