French, 20th century, male.
Born 18 November 1907, in Versailles; died 29 May 1990, in Paris.
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, engraver (etching), lithographer, draughtsman (including ink), monotype artist, illustrator, decorative designer. Figures, portraits, scenes with figures, genre scenes, landscapes with figures, landscapes, architectural views, seascapes, still-lifes...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 3 September 1921, in La Baule.
Painter, lithographer, illustrator. Scenes with figures, portraits, nudes, landscapes, still-lifes. Stage sets, stage costumes, church decoration.
Jean Bruneau was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nantes from 1938 to 1945 and won the Prix de la Ville de Nantes in his final year. In ...
Spanish, 20th century, male.
Active also active in France.
Born 5 February 1897, in Murcia; died 1967, in Paris (?).
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, pastellist, engraver (etching), draughtsman, illustrator. Figure compositions, figures, bullfighting scenes, harbour views. Church decoration, stage sets, stage costumes.
Following the collapse of the family business, Pedro Flores was allowed to leave school and study drawing at the Friends of Murcia academy where he was awarded the Government of Murcia Prize for Painting at a very young age. He also appears to have studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 14 April 1886 or or, in Paris; died April 1953.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, humorist, illustrator. Religious subjects, portraits, genre scenes, landscapes with figures, landscapes, still-lifes, flowers. Stage sets, stage costumes.
André Foy began his career by producing drawings for various humorous French newpapers and the London ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 9 April 1932, in Caen.
Painter, watercolourist, engraver, lithographer, illustrator, sculptor. Scenes with figures, landscapes. Murals, church decoration, stage costumes and sets.
Jacques Pasquier built up an entomological collection from 1946 to 1956, while also drawing comic strips. He started oil painting in ...
French, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 17 January 1869, in Paris; died April 1934, in Paris.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, illustrator. Religious subjects, figures, genre scenes, landscapes. Wall decorations, frescoes, designs for tapestries, stage costumes and sets.
René Piot did wall decorations and theatre design had a certain vogue in the first years of the 20th century. After being part of the Nabis Group at the Académie Julian, he joined Gustave Moreau's studio in 1890, where he met Matisse and Braque. He was an Officer of the Légion d'Honneur....
Russian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active from 1920 in the USA and from 1923 in India.
Born 27 September 1874, in St Petersburg, Russia; died 1947, in Naggar, India.
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, pastellist, engraver (wood), illustrator. Historical subjects, religious subjects, military subjects, figures, landscapes, village views, architectural views, boats...
American, 20th century, male.
Born 1912, in Madisonville (Kentucky); died 1985.
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, illustrator. Religious subjects, figures, portraits, still-lifes. Stage costumes and sets.
Charles Sebree studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1936 to 1939, he worked in Illinois for the Federal Art Project (the federal government programme set up to help artists during the Depression). He lived on the South Side of Chicago before retiring to Washington DC....
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 12 February 1869, in Hanau; died April 1949.
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, lithographer, watercolourist, pastellist. Mythological subjects, religious subjects, landscapes. Murals, designs for tapestries, stage costumes.
Franz Stassen was a pupil of the School of Drawing of Hanau under the direction of C. Fr. Hausmanns and of the private studio of Georg Cornicelius, then of the Hochschule für Bildende Kunst of Berlin. He wanted first to live in Munich but settled in Berlin where he made friends with Fidus and with other artists such as Franz Ebers and Melchior Lechter. He composed and exhibited his series of watercolours ...
Romanian, 20th – 21st century, male.
Active in France.
Born 5 June 1946, in Bucharest.
Painter, sculptor, draughtsman, illustrator. Religious subjects, figures, portraits, scenes with figures, landscapes, still-lifes, flowers. Icons, frescoes, stage costumes and sets, designs for stained glass.
Michel Stoenesco de Pontbriant is the son of Grégoire and the great-nephew of Eustache Grégoire. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Romania and taught Byzantine art at Helsinki between ...
Russian, 20th century, male.
Active in Switzerland and in France.
Born 24 March 1907, in St Petersburg; died 16 May 1989, in Geneva.
Painter, watercolourist, illustrator. Religious subjects, mythological subjects, figures, portraits, circus scenes, landscapes, still-lifes. Murals, designs for mosaics, designs for stained glass, stage costumes and sets, cartoons...
