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1769–1830, English portrait painter, b. Bristol. He began to draw when very young. In 1787, on his first visit to London, he met Sir Joshua Reynolds...
(f rnäN´ l zh ´) (KEY) , 1881–1955, French painter. Léger first studied architecture, then he began to paint, studying briefly at the École des...
(v l´h lm l ´b l) (KEY) , 1844–1900, German genre and portrait painter. He studied in Munich where numerous painters came under his influence; the...
(n kôlä´ d lärzh ly r´) (KEY) , 1656–1746, French portrait and history painter, b. Paris. He was brought up in Antwerp, and the influence of R...
(l r n´ts lôt´t ) (KEY) , c.1480–1556, Venetian painter. His work reflects the influence of several great contemporaries from Bellini to Titian,...
(n kôlä´ läNkr ´) (KEY) , 1690–1743, French rococo painter. He studied in Gillot’s studio, together with Watteau whose themes and manner he p...