Inspired by a trip to Italy, French sculptor François-Auguste-René Rodin created his first major sculpture in 1875. Throughout the course of his career…
In the Gallery: Young Girl Reclining by Auguste-René Rodin c. 1884
by Kristen Zimmerman, Registrar in Art, Artists
Feb
19
Paul Camille Guigou: L’Entree de la Riviera a Lourmarin (Mouth of the Lourmarin River
by Curatorial Intern, in Art, Artists
Mar
06
French landscape painter Paul Guigou studied painting in Apt and Marseille in his younger years and was later influenced by the Barbizon School and Gustave Courbet after visiting Paris in 1859 when he…
Nov
01
Reproduction of original frame by Diego Salazar Antique Frames, New York, given in honor of Jack Lee Scott by Jane McRae Scott, 2003. After a strict academic training as a painter at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Bouguereau was awarded the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1850. This prize enabled him to move [...]
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