Born on 17 September 1775: François~Marius Granet, French painter and sculptor who died on 21 November 1849.
Son of a master mason, Granet received early artistic training from J.-A. Constantin (1756-1844) at the free drawing academy in Aix. A fellow student was the highborn Auguste de Forbin (1777-1841), who became his most...
Born on 17 September 1871: Edgard Maxence, French painter who died in 1954
He was a student of Jules-Elie Delaunay and Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and helped to popularize Symbolism in the 1890s by applying a highly finished academic technique to Symbolist subjects.
His best-known paintings, which include Girl...
Born on 17 September 1858: Robert William Vonnoh , US Impressionist painter who died on 28 December 1933.
While the best known colony of American impressionist artists in France was established in Giverny, the home of Claude Monet, the aesthetic developed in other rural art centers as well, most notably in Grez-sur-Loing, near the...
Born on 17 September 1734: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French painter, draftsman and printmaker, who died on 30 September 1781.
Two influences were paramount for Le Prince: his teacher François Boucher and his stay in Russia. Born to a family of ornamental sculptors and gilders, Le Prince began studying under Boucher about 1750. His...
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