École des Beaux-Arts

studied at the Petite Ecole, the state school for training in the applied arts, formally called the Ecole Gratuite de Dessin, before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1844, where he changed masters repeatedly, oscillating between typical student ambition (optimal credentials for the Prix de Rome) and his interest in more liberal approaches. Carpeaux moved from Ecole painter Abel de Pujol (1785-1861), to the independent sculptor François Rude, and finally to the prestigious Ecole sculptor Francisque-Joseph

INTRODUCTION The New York Public Library is one of the most revered institutions of a city with many competing interests. To stand out of the crowd is a tough and serious task. Embodied in the Beaux Art building on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street in Manhattan, the flagship building is synonymous with everything that makes New York City, a world-class metropolis, known the world over. It is big, imposing spacious, and an architectural wonder. The majestic lions, Patience and Fortitude

Charles-Desire Luce and Louise-Josephine Dunas were of modest means and lived in the working class of Montparnasse. He began studying about engraving in 1872. In the evening he took courses of engraving after training as a wood carver at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs at the age of fourteen. That apprenticeship with that wood engraver lasted for three years.Maximilien Luce entered a engraver shop and began working at the studio of the engraver Eugène Froment where he made woodcut prints

while Manet “heralded the most radical change in the history of art since the Renaissance.” The Salon was the official art exhibition of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, in the nineteenth century.

Signac’s “From Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism”. Matisse began to move further away from the techniques and style of Impressionism.      The famous summer of 1905 was spent in Collioure with Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck. This summer marked the most important turning point in Matisse’s art career. During the summer, they experimented with the pointillism techniques of Seurat, but towards the end of the summer, the three artists had moved in a very different direction. The paintings produced in

there are few artists who have known such personal glory during their carriers. Rodin's sculpture was so powerful and original that those in control of the art world did not understand him in his day. He was refused admittance into the Ecole des Beaux-Arts three times and was the brunt of many articles criticizing his works. His talent and art was so powerful that despite all of the official disdain he

The art world changed in the 20th century when Henri lived. He helped define and influence radical contemporary. He also was a French artist that was known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was known primarily as a painter but also as a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Even though he was labelled a Fauve by the 1920s, he was hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of expressing language in colour and drawing. It was

beautiful and feminine style. Valentino developed a passion for fashion while still attending high school, and at just the age of 17, he moved to Paris with the hope of pursuing his dream of fashion. When in Paris, he attended the Ecole de Beaux Arts sf Chamber Syndicale de la couture Parisienne in order to develop the necessary tools to fulfill his dream.

Hilaire German Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France on July 19, 1834. He was the son of Auguste de Gas, a banker, and Celestine Musson de Gas, an American from New Orleans. Edgar was the oldest of the five children Auguste and Celestine had. Their family was members of the middle class, however, for many years their family spelled their name “de Gas” which thanks to the preposition “de” suggested that their family was from a land-owning aristocratic background. It wasn’t until 1870 that Edgar changed

Intro/Thesis Paragraph: “They are mistaken in supposing that I have any specific purpose. I only create art,” Odilon Redon stated when asked about his artistic process. His only desire was to paint not only what he sees, but what he feels, and so his work consistently defied being defined. He preferred to attempt the representation of things that haunted him. His fantastical world that combines nature with expression is clearly depicted in his Noirs and his color paintings, such as The Sleep of