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On one side stood the Poussinists (Fr. Poussinistes) who were a group of French artists, named after the painter Nicolas Poussin, who believed that drawing was the most important thing. [1] On the other side were the Rubenists (Fr. Rubénistes ), named after Peter Paul Rubens , who prioritized color. [ 2 ]
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (/ ˈ æ ŋ ɡ r ə / ANG-grə; French: [ʒɑ̃ oɡyst dɔminik ɛ̃ɡʁ]; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter.Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style.
Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: / ˈ w ɒ t oʊ /, US: / w ɒ ˈ t oʊ /, [2] [3] French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised 10 October 1684 – died 18 July 1721) [4] was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.
The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of Category:French artists .
Rubens with Hélène Fourment and their son Peter Paul, 1639, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. All around the group, symbols of matrimonial love can be found including: the cupids, a pair of doves, flower crowns, music making, and Juno’s peacock. The dogs represent loyalty and fealty. The garden represents Paradise, but also fertility.
Lists of artists, in the sense of people engaged in the visual arts, include lists by nationality, by location, by discipline, by period, by associated movement, by subject and by contribution. Lists of artists by nationality
This is a list of modern artists: important artists who have played a role in the history of modern art, dating from the late 19th century until (approximately) the 1970s. Artists who have been at the height of their activity since that date, can be found in the list of contemporary artists .
James Rosenquist (1933–2017), American artist; Alexander Roslin (1718–1798), Swedish portrait painter; Toros Roslin (1210–1270), Armenian manuscript illuminator; Alex Ross (born 1970), American book artist and designer; Bob Ross (1942–1995), American painter and art instructor; Clifford Ross (born 1952), American painter, sculptor and ...