(1840–1897) Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet Daudet’s Grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris. Windmill of Alphonse Daudet. Works: • Artists’ Wives (English) • Cartas de mi molino (Spanish) • Contes de lundi (French) • Fromont and Risler (English) • Jack (English)…
(1845–1924) Ferdinand Anne Piestre The artist’s works: Caïn 1880 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Une forge 1893 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait 1912 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Born December 24 1845 Paris (France) Died March 20 1924 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière de Montmartre (Paris) Pupils Émile Bernard (1868-1941)…
(1889–1963) Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau The artist’s works: Festival de musique de Menton 1956 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland La Tour 1959 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Orphée 1960 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Works: • La Danse de Sophocle (French) •…
(1818–1893) Charles-François Gounod Works: • Faust (1859) • Mireille (1864) • Roméo et Juliette (1867) • Inno e Marcia Pontificale (1869) • Marche funèbre d’une marionnette (1872) • Petite Symphonie (1885) • La Reine de Saba (1862) Gounod in Art:…
(1855–1926) Geffroy in Art: Bracquemond, Marie (1840-1916) Portrait du critique Gustave Geffroy c.1890 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Gustave Geffroy 1895–1896 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Nadar (1820-1910) Gustave Geffroy c.1880 New York Public Library, New York Born June…
(1822–1899) Marie-Rosalie Bonheur The artist’s works: Brebis tondue modeled c.1842, cast probably before 1891 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bélier c.1845–1850 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Boeuf couché modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taureau qui marche modeled 1846 Metropolitan Museum…
(1840–1916) Bertrand Redon The artist’s works: Village au bord de la mer en Bretagne c.1880 National Gallery of Art, Washington Village breton c.1890 National Gallery of Art, Washington Sita c.1893 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Femme voilée c.1895–1900 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Profile de femme…
(1822–1896) Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt Works: • Germinie Lacerteux (English) • Germinie Lacerteux (French) • Histoire de Marie-Antoinette (French) • Hokousaï, L’art japonais au XVII Siècle (French) • Journal des Goncourt, premier volume (French) • Journal des Goncourt,…
(1771–1835) Baron Antoine-Jean Gros The artist’s works: Autoportrait c.1790 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo 1803 Musée du Louvre, Paris Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa…
(1836–1891) Clément Philibert Léo Delibes Works: • Coppélia (1870) • Lakmé (1883) • Sylvia (1876) Born February 21 1836 Saint-Germain-du-Val, now La Flèche (France) Died January 16 1891 Paris (France) Buried Cimetière de Montmartre (Paris) Occupation Composer Musician Occupation Organist Professor Award…