French art

Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.

thumb|250px|alt=Henri Matisse painting Woman with a Hat, from 1905. in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art|Henri Matisse. Woman with a Hat, 1905. [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]]

thumb|Montparnasse cemetery Montparnasse () is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail. It is split between the 6th, 14th, and 15th arrondissements of the city. Montparnasse has been part of Paris

thumb|Young Ladies Looking at Japanese Objects by the painter James Tissot in 1869 is a representation of the popular curiosity about all Japanese items that started with the opening of the country in the [[Meiji Restoration of the 1860s.]] Japonisme is a French term that refers to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among a number of Western European artists in the nineteenth century following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858. Japonisme was first described by French art critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872.

French learned society based in Paris

artist collective

art of the Frankish empire, ca. 780–900

cultural movement from the 15th to 17th century

art movement by artists active at Fontainebleau 1530s-1610

art school in Rome, Italy

piece of jewellery incorporated into clothing, or worn by itself on the body (typically on a necklace)

neoclassical style within architecture and design

style of Louis XIV period; baroque style with classical elements

architectural and decorative style

intangible cultural heritage of tapestry making in Aubusson and the Creuse region of France

private mansion in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris

art related to France

artistic material made in Limoges, France

association under the French law of 1901

Art project in Nantes, France

east façade of the Palais du Louvre

French historical painting of the early 19th century with idealised depictions of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

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museum in Toulouse, France

decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., USA

late 19th-Early 20th Century Artists retreat in Étaples, France

satirical drawing of the Partition of Poland

architectural style

thumb|300px|Pablo Picasso, 1909, ''[[Brick Factory at Tortosa (Briqueterie à Tortosa, L'Usine, Factory at Horta de Ebro)'', oil on canvas. 50.7 x 60.2 cm, (Source entry State Museum of New Western Art, Moscow) The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg]] Proto-Cubism (also referred to as Protocubism, Early Cubism, and Pre-Cubism or Précubisme) is an intermediary transition phase in the history of art chronologically extending from 1906 to 1910. Evidence suggests that the production of proto-Cubist paintings resulted from a wide-ranging series of experiments, circumstances, influences and con

optical instrument

19th century art style

1936 exhibition

French artist's model

French mathematician (1875–1973)