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CONSTANT TROYON: THE ANIMALIER OF BARBIZON SCHOOL
by Neha VashisthaDepicting the grazing animals in an atmospheric landscape with unique color blending and picture harmonization skill, the French Realist Painter, Constant Troyon, is celebrated as one of the leading animal painter of Nineteenth century.
Famous for his realistic paintings, the artist was born on August 28, 1810, in Sèvres, near Paris.
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EUGÉNE DELACROIX: THE EPITOME OF FRENCH ROMANTICISM
by Neha VashisthaInsisting on the significance of color rather than line and evocating the expression of passion and poetry in painting, the French Romantic artist, Ferdinand Victor Eugéne Delacroix, is remembered as a fascinating man, a great painter, and a typically intellectual French hero, who came to epitomize the French aesthetics of romanticism.
The master of exotic passion, Delacroix was born on April 26, 1798, at Charenton-Saint-Maurice in Île-de-France, near Paris.
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JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD: THE ROCOCO GENIUS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIME
by Neha VashisthaDepicting the risqué scenes with delicate and tender colors, unique brushwork and soft, carefree lighting scheme, the French Rococo painter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is best known for his fluid technique, exuberance, spontaneity, and a delicate hedonism.
Celebrated as one of the most prolific painters of the Ancién Regime, Fragonard was born on April 5, 1732, in Grasse, France.