Charles Gleyre
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Biography: Marie François Firmin-Girard
Marie François Firmin-Girard (1838-1921) was a distinguished French painter known for his vivid and detailed depictions of everyday life in Paris…
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Inspiration: “Leda and the Swan,” by Jean Leon Gerome
Jean-Léon Gérôme was born at Vesoul, Haute-Saône. He went to Paris in 1840 where he studied under Paul Delaroche, whom he…
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Biography: Jean Frédéric Bazille
Jean Frédéric Bazille, born on December 6, 1841, in Montpellier, France, and dying tragically young at the age of 28 on…