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Most of the early 19th-century artists given in the chronological list above have been at some time grouped together under the rubric of "romanticism", including the "realists" (as the Barbizon school) and the "naturalists". Some of the most important are listed here. See also French Revolution, Napoleon I of France, Victor Hugo, orientalism.
The term "School of Paris" (French: École de Paris) denotes the French and émigré artists who were active in Paris during the first half of the 20th century. Rather than representing a singular art movement or institution, it underscores the significance of Paris as a hub for Western art during the early 1900s to 1940, attracting artists ...
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. See other articles for information on French literature, French music, French cinema and French culture.
Pablo Picasso, 1910, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier), oil on canvas, 100.3 × 73.6 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement begun in Paris that revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and influenced artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture.
Fumism ou fumisme (French: fumisme from the French: fumée, smoke), is a conditionally decadent movement in Parisian art that existed from the late 1870s to the first quarter of the 20th century. Fumism can be characterized as ″the art of blowing smoke in your eyes″ — practically, it is the same as Dadaism, but only forty years earlier. [1]
The School of Paris was not a single art movement or institution, but refers to the importance of Paris as a centre of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century. Between 1900 and 1940 the city drew artists from all over the world and became a centre for artistic activity.
The term is commonly used in French, English, and German to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art and culture. Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo , primarily in the cultural realm.
This is a list of French painters sorted alphabetically and by the century in which the painter was ... 20th century. Pierre Abadie (1896–1972) Jean-François ...