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Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh , 1853-90, postimpressionist painter, b. the Netherlands. Van Gogh's works are perhaps better known generally than those of any other painter. His brief, turbulent, and tragic life is thought to epitomize the mad genius legend. During his lifetime, Van Gogh's work was represented... Read more
Anton Mauve Anton Mauve
Mauve, Anton (b Zaandam, 18 Sept. 1838; d Arnhem, 5 Feb. 1888). Dutch painter, one of the leading artists of the Hague School. He concentrated on small pictures of unpretentious subjects—dunes, meadows, and beaches—painted in light, silvery tones. His sincere and modest spirit made a... Read more
Christian Rohlfs Christian Rohlfs
Rohlfs, Christian (1849–1938). German painter and printmaker, born at Niendorf, Holstein. He turned to painting after a boyhood accident led to the amputation of one of his legs, forcing him to abandon plans to take over his father's farm. From 1901 he lived mainly in Hagen. Until he was well... Read more
Emile Bernard Emile Bernard
Bernard, Émile (1868–1941). French painter and writer, born in Lille. As a young man he studied in Paris alongside van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, and between 1888 and 1891 he worked closely with Gauguin. Bernard seems to have had a stimulating effect on his great colleague, but... Read more
Gustave Dore Gustave Dore
Doré, Gustave (1832–83) French illustrator, painter and sculptor. He is best known for his engraved book illustrations, many of them grotesque fantasies, such as Inferno (1861), Don Quixote (1862) and the Bible (1866). His drawings of London slums (1869–71) inspired Van Gogh.... Read more
Max Pechstein Max Pechstein
Max Pechstein , 1881-1955, German expressionist painter and graphic artist. Early contact with the art of Van Gogh stimulated his development toward expressionism. In 1906, Pechstein joined the Brücke group. His work, less intense and more decorative than that of the other members of the... Read more
Les Vingt Les Vingt
Vingt, Les (or Les XX). Society of progressive Belgian painters and sculptors (originally twenty in number, hence the name), founded in 1883 in Brussels, where it held annual exhibitions from 1884 to 1893. The members included James Ensor, Fernand Khnopff, and Jan Toorop. They showed not only... Read more
Ambroise Vollard Ambroise Vollard
Ambroise Vollard , 1867-1939, French art dealer, collector, and publisher. He was noted for his early recognition and sponsorship of leading artists of the school of Paris , especially Van Gogh, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso (for whom he held the first one-man exhibitions), and Rouault. He made... Read more
Post-impressionism Post-impressionism
Post-Impressionism. Term applied to various trends in painting, particularly in France, that developed from Impressionism or in reaction against it in the period c. 1880–c. 1905. Roger Fry coined the term as the title of an exhibition, ‘Manet and the Post-Impressionists', which he... Read more
Fernand Cormon Fernand Cormon
Cormon, Fernand (pseudonym of Fernand-Anne Piestre) (b Paris, 24 Dec. 1845; d Paris, 20 Mar. 1924). French painter. He had a successful career both as a painter and as a teacher (his pupils included Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, and van Gogh), but his reputation has not lasted well. His work... Read more

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