Trivium Art History
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres —Guardian of the old ways1780 — 1867
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1701
Joseph Mallord William Turner
John Constable
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Edward Hicks
John James Audubon
1900
Every age has its Star Boy — might as well be J.M.W. Turner
Nature wins, every time
A pacifist paints lions and leopards
Friend of the birds
The artists of Neoclassicism
Angelica Kauffmann — A feminist prodigy charms the European elite
1741-1807William-Adolphe Bouguereau — A natural academic creates beauty by the rules
1825-1905Alexandre Cabanel — Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge
1823-1889Jacques-Louis David — Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk
1748-1825Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun — Painted for Marie Antoinette and never made a dime
1755-1842Mary Edmonia Lewis — African-American and Native American woman takes over the world of Italian sculpture
1844-1907Joseph Ducreux — Renaissance painter wins the internet
1735-1802Anne-Louis Girodet — A phenom works himself to death
1767-1824Antonio Canova — A global titan of neoclassical sculpture
1757-1822Théodore Géricault — Bigger is better
1798-1863Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres — Guardian of the old ways
1780-1867Giovanni Battista Piranesi — Making a solid living from Etchings
1720-1778The artists of Academic Art
William-Adolphe Bouguereau — A natural academic creates beauty by the rules
1825-1905Alexandre Cabanel — Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge
1823-1889Cristóbal Rojas Poleo — A childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price
1857-1890Lawrence Alma-Tadema — The worst painter of the 19th century
1836-1912Marie Bashkirtseff — "To live so filled with ambition, and at the end, oblivion!"
1858-1884Gottfried Lindauer — Anthropology or exploitation? Portraits of the Māori
1839-1926Osman Hamdi Bey — Archeologist, painter, scientist, curator, orphan
1842-1910Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres — Guardian of the old ways
1780-1867