France, Italy. 1846 - 1920
Symbolist painting, decorative commissions, postage stamp design
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1852 Paris, France - 1929. Known for: Gentile figure, portrait, mythology, history painting.
Henri Gervex was a French painter, born in Paris, who studied under Alexandre Cabenel, Brisset and Eugene Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served... Read full biography
Henri Gervex was a French painter, born in Paris, who studied under Alexandre Cabenel, Brisset and Eugene Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, but not always in the best of taste. His Rolla of 1878,... Read full biography
Henri Gervex was a French painter, born in Paris, who studied under Alexandre Cabenel, Brisset and Eugene Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, but not always in the best of taste. His Rolla of 1878, based on a poem by Alfred de Musset, was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality, since it depicted a scene from the poem of a naked prostitute after having sex with her client.... Read full biography
Henri Gervex was a French painter, born in Paris, who studied under Alexandre Cabenel, Brisset and Eugene Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, but not always in the best of taste. His Rolla of 1878, based on a poem by Alfred de Musset, was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality, since it depicted a scene from the poem of a naked prostitute after having sex with her client. Gervex afterwards devoted himself to representations of modern life and achieved signal success with his Dr Pan at the Salptrihre ("The Operation"), a modernized paraphrase, as it were, of Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson. He was entrusted with several... Read full biography
Henri Gervex was a French painter, born in Paris, who studied under Alexandre Cabenel, Brisset and Eugene Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, but not always in the best of taste. His Rolla of 1878, based on a poem by Alfred de Musset, was rejected by the jury of the Salon de Paris for immorality, since it depicted a scene from the poem of a naked prostitute after having sex with her client. Gervex afterwards devoted himself to representations of modern life and achieved signal success with his Dr Pan at the Salptrihre ("The Operation"), a modernized paraphrase, as it were, of Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson. He was entrusted with several important official paintings and the decoration of public buildings. Among the first are The Distribution of... Read full biography
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Modernist female figure, crowd genre and portrait painting, graphic design, posters
France. 1859 - 1938
Painting
France. 1838 - 1921
Orientalist, religious and history painting
France. 1861 - 1942
Portrait, still life, landscape and beach scene painting, illustration
Italy. 1846 - 1926
Figure, oriental genre painting
France. 1849 - 1906
Symbolist monochromatic domestic theme painting
France. 1852 - 1931
Impressionist city genre painting, lithography, etching, caricature, camouflage
France. 1844 - 1925
Pastel and charcoal drawing, rural landscape and genre painting
France, Russian Federation. 1849 - 1935
Aristocratic figure, portrait and street scene painting, commercial art
France, Austria, Italy. 1845 - 1916
Parisien street scene painting, decoration, gdraphics, illustration, posters
France. 1852 - 1929
Figure, genre and portrait painting, symbolism, allegory
Italy, Europe. 1860 - 1949
Figure, genre, interior, portrait, still life and religious painting, drawing
Spain, Italy, France. 1833 - 1908
Light filled, detailed landscape and marine painting, Venice scenes
France. 1854 - 1913
Garden landscape, figure and portrait painting, murals
United States, France. 1823 - 1889
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France. 1850 - 1924
Still life, animal and landscape painting, etching
New York / France, England. 1859 - 1927
Portrait painting, draftsman, drypoint, ceramics, engraving, public art
Switzerland, France. 1865 - 1925
Genre, portrait painting, nudes, woodcut prints, illustration, writing
Italy, France. 1841 - 1917
Impressionist landscape, portrait and female figure paintings
Italy, France. 1842 - 1931
Portrait and figure paintings of upper class females, interiors and nudes
Italy. 1859 - 1933
Portrait and interior painting
France. 1789 - 1863
Battle scenes, portrait, figure and Arab subject paintings
France. 1837 - 1917
Portrait and genre painting, teaching
France. 1823 - 1891
Still life, portrait, figure and genre painting
France. 1885 - 1973
Animal painting and sculpture
France. 1905 - 1982
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France. 1862 - 1939
Impressionist landscape, gardens and interior scene painting
Spain, France, Italy. 1841 - 1920
Formal, salon style portrait painting