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67Paul 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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62Alfred Sisley - English Impressionist Artist
Artist Alfred Sisley was born on October 30, 1839 in Paris, France to English parents. He applied to become a French citizen several times during his life but was denied. In 1857, he was sent away to London...
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66Frederic Bazille - French Painter
Artist Jean Frederic Bazille was born on December 6, 1841 in Montpellier, France. Like many of the Impressionist artists he was born into a wealthy family. Supposedly, it was after seeing the paintings of...
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65Claude 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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71Camille 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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67Berthe 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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72Pierre-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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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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61Floral Collages
Tropical Collage "Flowers are beautiful hieroglyphics of nature, with which sheindicates how much she loves us". Wolfgang von Goethe Yes, flowers have taken up my time. Wasn't it Monet who said "Flowers...
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65Gustave Caillebotte - Artist and Collector
Artist Gustave Caillebotte was born on August 19, 1848 in Paris, France to a wealthy family. He studied to be an engineer and also received a law degree in 1868. In 1870, Caillebotte was drafted to fight in...
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