France has a long and rich art history stretching back to the Upper Paleolithic period when the region of Modern France was the epicenter for the art of ancient Europe, leaving behind majestic megaliths, and some of the finest examples of early Celtic art. ... French: Where Artist Lived: Paris: Associated Movements: Impressionism, Modern Art

French Realist Painter Rosa Bonheur's Labourage Nivernais (Ploughing in the Nivernais), 1849 is one of her most famous paintings. Rosa Bonheur, born on 16 March 1822, lived until 25 May 1899. She had the title of animalière among French painters - a female artist who specialized in portraying animals with absolute realism.

Although he only lived to be 32 years old, Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) had a lasting impact on the course of the Romantic movement. His dramatic painting The Raft of the Medusa, which depicted the emotional and physical aftermath of a contemporary French shipwreck, captured the imaginations of both the Paris Salon and the young Eugène Delacroix, who credited this work

France has a long and rich art history stretching back to the Upper Paleolithic period when the region of Modern France was the epicenter for the art of ancient Europe, leaving behind majestic megaliths, and some of the finest examples of early Celtic art. ... French: Where Artist Lived: Paris: Associated Movements: Impressionism, Modern Art

French Realist Painter Rosa Bonheur's Labourage Nivernais (Ploughing in the Nivernais), 1849 is one of her most famous paintings. Rosa Bonheur, born on 16 March 1822, lived until 25 May 1899. She had the title of animalière among French painters - a female artist who specialized in portraying animals with absolute realism.

Although he only lived to be 32 years old, Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) had a lasting impact on the course of the Romantic movement. His dramatic painting The Raft of the Medusa, which depicted the emotional and physical aftermath of a contemporary French shipwreck, captured the imaginations of both the Paris Salon and the young Eugène Delacroix, who credited this work