Description: Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) was a renowned American painter and designer of applied art. His father was the famous New York goldsmith Charles Louis, and the first painting teacher who sensitized him to the beauty of nature, the main theme of his creativity, the landscape painter George Inness. From 1868 he continued his studies...
Description: Lionel Walden (1861-1933) was an American painter born in Connecticut. Since his student days, when he studied in the studio of Carolus-Duran, he has remained loyal to Paris. He lived there until 1914, regularly exhibiting his paintings at the Salon Société des Artistes Français. In 1910 he was made a knight of the French...
Description: François-Maurice Roganeau (1883-1973) was a French painter. He began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and then studied under Jean-Léon Gérôme and Gabriel Ferrier in Paris. For years he exhibited at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Français. In 1929 he was appointed director of the École des Beaux-Arts in...
Description: Louis Picard (1861-1940) trained with his brother, who was also a painter, in Gérôme’s studio in Paris. For years he exhibited his works at Paris exhibitions and Salons. In 1900 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris he received a silver medal and the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor. He mainly painted...
Description: Étienne Tournès (1855-1931) a French artist, who studied at École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and later in Paris with Alexandre Cabanel and Henri Harpignies. Over the years, he exhibited at the Paris Salons of the Sociéte des Artistes Français and later, as a member of the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He...
Description: Paul Albert Besnard (1849-1934) was one of the most popular French painters and a founding member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Jean Bremond and Alexandre Cabanel. He painted portraits, nudes, wall decorations and landscapes. His portrait work places him between academicism and impressionism....
Description: Robert-Fernand Gaspary (? – ?), a French painter born in Tripoli, was mentioned in Paris from 1909. In 1904, he studied painting at the Julian Academy in Paris. He studied with Marcel Baschet, Paul Gervaise and Pierre Gourdault. From 1909 he exhibited at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Français. In his work...
Description: Paul Albert Besnard (1849-1934) was one of the most popular French painters and a founding member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Jean Bremond and Alexandre Cabanel. He painted portraits, nudes, wall decorations, and landscapes. His portraiture places him between academicism and impressionism. However,...
Description: Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879-1909) came from a large middle-class family. In 1903 he began his studies at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, attending Leon Wyczółkowski’s studio. He was active as a painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He was a co-founder of the “Zielony Balonik” cabaret and the artistic “Group of Five”, which included Vlastimil...
Description: Jan Felicjan Owidzki (1852-1913) began his studies in the Warsaw Drawing Class, where he became friends with Leon Wyczółkowski. Together with him, he studied at the Munich Academy. He exhibited both in Poland and abroad. In his work, he mainly dealt with landscape and genre painting *. Description of the painting: “Landscape” by Owidzki...
Description: Henry (Marie-Gustave-Henri) Grosjean (1864-1948) was a French landscape painter born in Gondrecourt-le-Château in the Meuse department on the border of Lorraine and the Grand Est region. From 1885 to 1892 he was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and from 1889 to 1894 at the Académie Julian. His teachers were Gustave...
Description: Richard Ranft (1862-1931) was a Swiss painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He studied under Eugene Etienne Sordet, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and Gustave Courbet in Geneva. He moved to Paris where he continued his education. He was a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. For years he exhibited at French Salons, including the Salon de...
