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French Painters
Term | Definition |
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Fragonard | 'The Swing': Woman in fluffy pink dress on swing kicks off shoe, providing onlooker (concealed in shrubbery) with excellent view of petticoats. Her elderly husband pushes the swing. Dolphins pull Venus's water chariot. Cupid puts finger to lips. |
Cezanne | "Cezanne is the father of us all," said Picasso and Matisse. Works: Les Grandes Baigneuses (The Big Bathers), The Card Players *Greatly influenced by Camille Pissarro ('God the Father') |
Gauguin | Tahiti, Hiva Oa island. Goddess Oviri ("savage, wild"). Where do we come from? Where are we? Where are we going? Spirit of the Dead Watching Vision After the Sermon (Jacob wrestles w/ angel) Yellow + Green Christs Sorcerer of Hiva Oa |
Manet | |
Matisse | |
Courbet | |
Caillebotte | |
Monet | |
Seurat | |
David, Jacques-Louis | |
Delacroix | |
Renoir | |
Morisot, Berthe | |
Degas | |
Gericault | The Raft of the Medusa |
Magritte, Rene (Belgium) | |
Braque, Georges | |
Dufy, Raoul | |
Toulouse-Lautrec | Aristide Bruant, La Gouloue, Jane Avril "At the Moulin Rouge" "La Toilette" Confetti Poster *Drowned sorrows in alcohol. Had a cane containing a potent absinthe. |
Duchamp | |
Breton, Andre | |
Pissarro, Camille |