Dufy, Raoul b. June 3, 1877 d. March 23, 1953 Painter, Designer. One of the most popular French artists of the 20th Century. Dufy used sketchy lines and brilliant color to portray a sunny, carefree world of chic promenades, yachting parties, festivals, and seaside resorts. Many of his works are set in the French Riviera. Although his light, decorative style and subject matter suggest the art of a miniaturist, Dufy was capable of work on an epic scale. His masterpiece is the mural "La Fée Electricité", commissioned for the 1937...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Museé Franciscain-Eglise et Monastere de Cimiez, Cimiez, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Martin du Gard, Roger b. March 23, 1881 d. August 22, 1958 Author. His work explored the moral and intellectual dilemmas of his generation. He won the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature, mainly for "Les Thibaults", a series of eight novels published between 1922 and 1940. Together they comprise a monumental picture of pre-World War I France as seen through the eyes of the Thibault brothers, one dutiful and conservative, the other rebellious; their conflicting values are ultimately rendered futile when both die in the war. Martin du Gard was born in...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Museé Franciscain-Eglise et Monastere de Cimiez, Cimiez, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Matisse, Henri b. December 31, 1869 d. November 3, 1954 Painter, sculptor, and lithographer. Along with Picasso, he is considered one of the two foremost artists of the modern period. He began to study law but in 1890, took up painting, thereafter forsaking law entirely. He studied first with the academician Bouguereau and then with Gustave Moreau, His earliest work was exceptionally mature. He explored impressionism and coming into contact with the theories of Paul Signac, drew upon neo-impressionist styles. He began exhibiting in 1896 and at first...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Museé Franciscain-Eglise et Monastere de Cimiez, Cimiez, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
b. June 3, 1877 d. March 23, 1953