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French architectural drafters

38 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alphonse LegrosArtist · SculptureAlphonse Legros (8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British.
Benvenuto CelliniArtist · SculptureBenvenuto Cellini (lang; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author.
Camille ClaudelArtist · SculptureCamille Rosalie Claudel (8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity.
Chaïm SoutineArtist · PaintingsChaïm Soutine (Khaim Solomonovich Sutin; Chaim Sutin; 13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution…
Charles Le BrunEngraver · PrintsCharles Le Brun (baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time.
Eugène Viollet-le-DucDesigner · DesignEugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (lang; 27 January 181417 September 1879) was a French architect and writer, famous for his restoration of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France.
Fernando BoteroIllustrator · IllustrationFernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) was a Colombian painter and sculptor.
Gino SeveriniArtist · SculptureGino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life, he divided his time between Paris and Rome.
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecDesigner · Modern designComte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and…
Hyacinthe RigaudArtist · PaintingsJacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (pron), was a French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other…
Jacques-Louis DavidArtist · PaintingsJacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
Jean DubuffetEngraver · PrintsJean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (ʒɑ̃ filip aʁtyʁ dybyfɛ; 31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris (School of Paris).
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresArtist · PaintingsJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter.
Joseph DucreuxEngraver · PrintsJoseph Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a portrait painter, pastelist and etcher from Lorraine who became a French national.
Louise HervieuArtist · PaintingsLouise Hervieu (lwiz ɛʁvjø; 26 October 1878 – 11 September 1954) was a French writer, artist, painter, draftsman, and lithographer.
Marcel DuchampEngraver · PrintsHenri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (lang; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the…
Nicolas de LargillièreArtist · PaintingsNicolas de Largillière (lang; baptised 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French painter and draughtsman.
Nicolas PoussinArtist · PaintingsNicolas Poussin (lang; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
Niki de Saint PhalleArtist · SculptureNiki de Saint Phalle (born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 193021 May 2002) was a French American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated…
Pierre JacotinAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre Jacotin (1765–1827) was the director of the survey for the Carte de l'Égypte (Description de l'Égypte), the first triangulation-based map of Egypt, Syria and Palestine.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirArtist · PaintingsPierre-Auguste Renoir (lang; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a leading French Impressionist artist.
Théodore GéricaultArtist · PaintingsJean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (lang; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa.
Wassily KandinskyArtist · PaintingsWassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (– 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras.
Wifredo LamArtist · Ceramics

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