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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Portrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French artist born on August 29, 1780. Ingres contributed to the Neoclassical and Academic movements and died on January 14, 1867. Get notified when Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's biography is complete:

Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne

1806

La Grande Baigneuse

1808

Grande Odalisque

1814

Odalisque with Slave

1839
Portrait of Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David

Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk

1748-1825
Portrait of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Painted for Marie Antoinette and never made a dime

1755-1842
Portrait of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault

Bigger is better

1798-1863
Portrait of Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

A childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price

1857-1890
Portrait of Marie Bashkirtseff

Marie Bashkirtseff

"To live so filled with ambition, and at the end, oblivion!"

1858-1884
Portrait of Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi Bey

Archeologist, painter, scientist, orphan

1842-1910
17011900
Every age has its Star Boy — might as well be J.M.W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Nature wins, every time
John Constable Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
A pacifist paints lions and leopards
Edward Hicks
Friend of the birds
John James Audubon

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