Trivium Art History
The Artists

Osman Hamdi BeyArcheologist, painter, scientist, curator, orphan

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A Lady of Constantinople

A Lady of Constantinople

1881
The Tortoise Trainer

The Tortoise Trainer

1906
Scribe (Arzuhalci)

Scribe (Arzuhalci)

1910
Reciting the Quran (Kur’an Tilaveti)

Reciting the Quran (Kur’an Tilaveti)

1910
1801
The soul of Impressionism
Berthe Morisot
A self-taught painter struggles through poverty and war
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Osman Hamdi Bey
Painting dreams with a child's brush
Henri Rousseau
Actress on stage and screen moonlights as a sculptor
Sarah Bernhardt 2000

The artists of Academic Art

William-Adolphe BouguereauPortrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe BouguereauA natural academic creates beauty by the rules

1825-1905
Alexandre CabanelPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre CabanelFavorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge

1823-1889
Cristóbal Rojas PoleoPortrait of Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

Cristóbal Rojas PoleoA childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price

1857-1890
Lawrence Alma-TademaPortrait of Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Lawrence Alma-TademaThe worst painter of the 19th century

1836-1912
Marie BashkirtseffPortrait of Marie Bashkirtseff

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

1858-1884
Gottfried Lindauer

Gottfried LindauerAnthropology or exploitation? Portraits of the Māori

1839-1926
Osman Hamdi BeyPortrait of Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi BeyArcheologist, painter, scientist, curator, orphan

1842-1910
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresPortrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresGuardian of the old ways

1780-1867
Sarah BernhardtPortrait of Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah BernhardtActress on stage and screen moonlights as a sculptor

1844-1923