French-Artists

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of five great French
Artists from the 1800's

Jean-August-Dominique Ingres

Jean-August-Dominique Ingres was a French neo-classical painter, and one of the major portrait painters of the 19th century.
(1780-1867)

Marc Charles Gabriel Gleyre

French painter, of Swiss origin, was born at Chevilly in the canton of Vaud
(1806-1874)

Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau was a French painter, born in Paris. He painted many literary and mythological subjects in a highly imaginative manner, using rich Oriental color harmonies.
(1826-1898)

Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Detaille

Édouard Detaille was another of the French-Artists born in Paris..He was a student of the great Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier.
(1848-1912)

Ary Scheffer
 (1795 - 1858) 

An eminent French painter of
Dutch extraction.
Ary Scheffer was born at Dordrechtin
in Southern Holland.

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