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France has a long history and passion with all forms of art from painting to modern forms of sculpture and architecture (Palace of Versailles to the Centre Pompidou).
Learn about French Art
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Important historical dates in French art
The Gothic period
- The building of the catherdral of Reims and Amiens, La Sainte Chapelle in Paris
- Jacquemart de Hesdin (1350-1410) Le Portement de Croix
- Michel Colombe (1430-1511)
The Renaissance period
- Jean Clouet (1485-1541) Portrait of François I, king of France.
- Jean Bullant (1515 - 1578) Fontainebleau
- Philibert de l'Orme (1510-1570) Fontainebleau
- Jacques Bellange (1575-1616) The Lamentation of Christ
- Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
18th century
- Charles Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) The Triumph of Bacchus
- Jean-Germain Drouais (1763-1788) Le Comte D'Artois
- Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) The Death of Marat
19th century
Artists with the neo-classicisme, romantisme, impressionisme and realisme.
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) Jupiter et Thétis
- Gustave Courbet (1819 -1877) Les cribleuses de blé
- Edouad Manet (1832- 1883) Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
- Edgar Degas (1834-1877) Fin d'arabesque
- Paul Cezanne (1839-1906 ) La Mer a Lestaque
- Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) The thinker
- Claude Monet (1840-1926) Le Pont Japonais a Giverny
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Le Moulin de la Galette
- Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Deux Thaitiennes Accroupiees
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
20th century
- Henri Matisse ((1869-1954)
- Cesar (1921-1998)
- Edouard Boubat (1923-1999)
Expos to visit
Vinantica Art Gallery with artists such as Devagas, Michel Duvoisin, Delaporte, Mario Vargas
OpenExpo On-line gallery open to artists from all over the world. Artists can create their own exhibition, set prices and write information about all their works. Vistiors can purchase works. You do not have to be French to join the OpenExpo, so if you are an artist, visit the site and become a member.
Living artists
Pascal Magis. Wonderful abstract and colour from paintings
Raymond Dumoux Painted panorama which evokes the humanity's story
Art museums
Even though the most famous museums are considered to be concentrated in the capital of Paris, you will find museums all over the country.
