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Pierre-Joseph Redouté: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born July 10, 1759 • Luxembourg
Died June 20, 1840 (aged 80) • Paris • France

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Merian, Maria Sibylla
Maria Sibylla Merian
German-born naturalist and artist
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Edmond Goncourt
French author
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Jules Goncourt
French author
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Mathieu Le Nain
French painter
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Antoine Le Nain
French painter
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Louis Le Nain
French painter
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Oil painting self-portrait by Paul Cezanne showing a balding man with a beard, wearing a dark coat, set against a patterned background.
Paul Cézanne
French artist
Painting by Claude Monet, Self-portrait in Beret, 1886, showing Monet with a full beard, dark beret, and coat against a light, textured background.
Claude Monet
French painter
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Camille Pissarro: Self-Portrait
Camille Pissarro
French artist
Henri Matisse stands in a studio wearing a painter's smock, holding a palette beside a wooden ladder, with abstract artwork visible in the background.
Henri Matisse
French artist
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Self-portrait
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
French painter
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David
French painter
Self-portrait painting by Paul Gauguin showing the artist with a mustache, yellow halo, and stylized plants against a vivid orange background with green and red fruit.
Paul Gauguin
French painter
Duchamp, Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
French artist
Watteau, Antoine: Mezzetin
Antoine Watteau
French painter
Oil on canvas self-portrait by Edouard Manet, showing the artist in a brown coat and black hat, holding paintbrushes and a palette against a dark background.
Édouard Manet
French painter

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