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67Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French Painter and Printmaker
Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born on November 24, 1864 in Albi, France. He was born into an aristocratic family; his father was Comte Alphonse-Charles de Toulouse-Lautrec. Lautrec was born...
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64Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin - Impressionist Painter
Artist Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin was born on February 16, 1841 in Paris, France. He worked as a sales clerk in his uncle’s lingerie shop and studied sculpture with Caillouet. He also befriended art...
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76Pierre-Auguste Renoir - French Impressionist
Artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on February 25, 1841 in Limoges, France. As a child of 13 he worked in a porcelain factory painting designs on fine china. In 1862, Renoir moved to Paris and studied art...
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63Edgar Degas - French Impressionist
Artist Edgar Degas was born on July 19, 1834 in Paris, France. He was the eldest of five children and his father was a successful banker. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, graduating with a BA in...
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70Vincent Van Gogh, Troubled Genius
Vincent Van Gogh was a troubled genius. He created some of the greatest works of art the world has seen.
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60Claude Monet - Father of Impressionist Art
Artist Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, France. He was the youngest son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine. In 1851, he attended Le Havre Secondary School of the Arts and made money...
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68Paul Cezanne - Post-Impressionist Painter
Artist Paul Cezanne was born on January 19, 1839 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence. His father was a successful banker. From 1852 to 1859, he attended College Bourbon where he became friends with writer Emile...
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65Camille Pissarro - French Impressionist Artist
Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro was born on July 10, 1830 in Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands to Portuguese and Dominican parents. At the age of 12 he was sent to boarding school in France. In 1852,...
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77Paul Gauguin - Post-Impressionist Painter
Artist Paul Gauguin was born on June 7, 1848 in Paris, France. His family lived in Peru from 1851-1855 before moving back to France. When he was 17, Gauguin worked as a pilot’s assistant in the...
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68Berthe Morisot - Female Impressionist Painter
Artist Berthe Morisot was born on January 14, 1841 in Bourges, France. Her father was a successful businessman and she had a sister, Edma. The family believed that they had the artist Fragonard in their...
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