Flemish painter 1565-1620   Related Paintings of Dirck de Quade van Ravesteyn :. | The Artist House at Argenteuil | The Madonna with Canon van der Paele | Portrait of Leo Tolstoy | Le dejeuner dans l'atelier (detail) (mk40) | The Oath of St Louis of Toulouse |
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Henri-Nicolas Van Gorp
painted Nina chantant la romance in
Pierre-Auguste Cot
French 1837-1883 Pierre-Auguste Cot Locations He was born in B??darieux, and initially studied at l Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before going to Paris. He studied under Leon Cogniet, Alexandre Cabanel and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. From the 1870s, his popularity grew quickly. In 1874 he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He created several works of lasting popularity, including Le Printemps, featuring two young lovers sitting upon a swing, and The Storm. Both these paintings were until recently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; The Storm belongs to the museum while Le Printemps is owned privately. Cot also was renowned for his portraits, which made up the majority of his work. The more enduring figurative work, such as The Storm, is comparatively rare.
Johann M Culverhouse
1821-1895