Art and artists from France
France has a long history and passion with all forms of art from painting to modern forms of sculpture and architecture (Palace of Versailles to the Centre Pompidou).
Learn about French Art
Important historical dates in French art
The Gothic period
- The building of the cathedral of Reims and Amiens, La Sainte Chapelle in Paris
- Jacquemart de Hesdin (1350-1410) Le Portement de Croix
- Michel Colombe (1430-1511)
The Renaissance period
- Jean Clouet (1485-1541) Portrait of François I, king of France.
- Jean Bullant (1515 - 1578) Fontainebleau
- Philibert de l'Orme (1510-1570) Fontainebleau
- Jacques Bellange (1575-1616) The Lamentation of Christ
- Georges de La Tour (1593-1652) The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds
18th century
- Charles Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) The Triumph of Bacchus
- Jean-Germain Drouais (1763-1788) Le Comte D'Artois
- Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) The Death of Marat
19th century
Artists with the neo-classicisme, romantisme, impressionisme and realisme.
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) Jupiter et Thétis
- Gustave Courbet (1819 -1877) Les cribleuses de blé
- Edouad Manet (1832- 1883) Le déjeuner sur l'herbe
- Edgar Degas (1834-1877) Fin d'arabesque
- Paul Cezanne (1839-1906 ) La Mer a Lestaque
- Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) The thinker
- Claude Monet (1840-1926) Le Pont Japonais a Giverny
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Le Moulin de la Galette
- Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Deux Thaitiennes Accroupiees
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
20th century
- Henri Matisse ((1869-1954)
- Cesar (1921-1998)
- Edouard Boubat (1923-1999)
Living artists
Raymond Dumoux Painted panorama which evokes the humanity's story
Art museums
Even though the most famous museums are considered to be concentrated in the capital of Paris, you will find museums all over the country.