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Belle Époque

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For other uses, see Belle Époque (disambiguation). Belle Époque 10 May 1871 – 28 July 1914 A French poster from 1894 by Jules Chéret that captures the vibrant spirit of the Belle Époque Including End of the Franco-Prussian War Revanchism Scramble for Africa Dreyfus affair Start of WWI Preceded by Age of Romanticism (Second Republic and Second Empire) Followed by Années folles (post-WW1) Leader(s) Patrice de MacMahon, Jules Grevy, Jules Ferry, Sadi Carnot, Georges Boulanger, Raymond Poincaré Part of a series on the History of France Prehistory Palaeolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Ancient Greek colonies 600 BC – 49 BC Celtic Gaul   until 50 BC Roman Gaul 50 BC – 486 AD Early Middle Ages Franks   Merovingians 481–751 Carolingians 751–987 Middle Ages Direct Capetians 987–1328 Valois 1328–1498 Early modern ...

Jacques Villon

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Three Duchamp brothers, left to right: Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Villon, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon in the garden of Jacques Villon's studio in Puteaux, France, 1914, (Smithsonian Institution collections.) Le Petit Manège, rue Caulaincourt , 1905, University of Michigan Museum of Art Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp , was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. Contents 1 Early life 2 Honors 3 Art market 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External links Early life Born Emile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp [1] in Damville, Eure, in Normandy, France, he came from a prosperous and artistically inclined family. While he was a young man, his maternal grandfather Emile Nicolle, successful businessman and artist, taught him and his siblings. Gaston Duchamp was the elder brother of: Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876–1918), sculptor Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), painter, sculptor and autho...

Fernand Cormon

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Fernand Cormon Fernand Cormon Born Fernand Anne-Piestre Cormon 24 December 1845 Paris, France Died 20 March 1924 Paris, France Nationality French Education Jean-François Portaels in Brussels; Alexandre Cabanel and Eugène Fromentin in Paris Movement Orientalist Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20 March 1924) was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-François Portaels, and one of the leading historical painters of modern France. Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected paintings 3 References 4 External links Biography His father was the playwright Eugène Cormon. His mother was Charlotte Furais, the actress. [1] At an early age he attracted attention for the perceived sensationalism in his art, although for a time his powerful brush dwelled with particular delight on scenes of bloodshed, such as the Murder in the Seraglio (1868) and the Death of Ravara, King of Lanka ...
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