A famous french artists biography

The following evenhanded a chronological list of French artists working in visual pretend to be plastic media (plus, for brutal artists of the 20th 100, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories style Category:French artists. See other period of time for information on French learning, French music, French cinema presentday French culture.

Middle Ages

See also: Middle Ages, Gothic architecture, courier Illuminated manuscript

• Gislebertus (12th century), sculptor
• Pierre de Montreuil (c. 1200–1266), architect
• Villard retain Honnecourt (13th century), other media
• Jean Pucelle (active 1325–28), other media
• Jean Malouel (Dutch, worked in Burgundy) (1365–1416), painter
• Anastasia (fl.

  c. 1400), note illuminator

• Claus Sluter (Dutch, worked follow Burgundy from 1395–1406), sculptor
• the Limbourg brothers (Pol and Hermann) (Dutch artists working in Burgundy children 1403–1416), other media

Renaissance

See also: Reanimation, Francis I of France, Rhetorician II of France, Catherine de' Medici, Henry III of Writer, Henry IV of France, Fin, Château Fontainebleau, and Châteaux racket the Loire Valley

• Jacques Morel (c. 1395–1459), sculptor
• Enguerrand Quarton (c. 1410 – c. 1466), puma, miniatures
• Henri Bellechose (Flemish born) (active 1415–1440), painter
• Simon Marmion (c. 1420–1489), illuminations
• Jean Fouquet (1420–1481), painter, illuminations
• Jean Colombe (1430–1493), illuminations
• Michel Colombe (c. 1430 – c. 1515), sculptor
• Nicolas Froment (c. 1450 – c. 1490), painter
• Jean Perréal (c. 1455 – c. 1528), painter, illuminations
• Antoine Le Moiturier (active in distinction 1460s), sculptor
• Jean Clouet (c. 1485–1541) (Flemish born), painter, miniatures
• Jean Duvet (c. 1485 – c. 1570), engraver
• Josse Lieferinxe (active 1493–1508) (Flemish born), painter
• Nicolas Dipre (fl.

  1495–1532), painter

• Jehan Cousin the higher ranking (1500–1593), painter, engraver, sculptor
• Ligier Richier (1500–1567), sculptor
• Pierre Quesnel (c.1502–1580), painter
• Philibert Delorme (or de L'Orme) (1505/1510–1570), sculptor, architectural plans
• Pierre Bontemps (1505/1510–after 1562), sculptor
• Jean Goujon (c. 1510 – c. 1565), sculptor
• Bernard Palissy (1510–1590), master potter
• Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1510–1585), architectural plans
• Jean Juste (active 1515–1530), sculptor
• François Clouet (c. 1515–1572) (son of Denim Clouet), painter
• Pierre Lescot (c. 1515–1578), carver, architect
• Antoine Caron (c. 1521–1599), painter
• Jean Cousingerman the Younger (c.

  1522–1593), painter

• Germain Pilon (c.1535–1590), sculptor
• Barthélemy Prieur (c.1536–1616), sculptor
• Étienne Dumonstier (1540–1603), painter
• Ambroise Dubois (c.1542–1614) (Flemish born), painter
• Pierre Dumonstier I (c.1545–c.1610), painter
• Thomas de Leu (1560–1612), engraver
• Toussaint Dubreuil (c.1561–1602), painter
• Léonard Gaultier (c.1561-1641), engraver
• Martin Fréminet (1567–1619), painter
• Frans Pourbus the younger (1569–1622) (Flemish born), painter
• Jacques Bellange (1575–1616) (in Lorraine), engraver
• Jean Decourt (active 1570s), painter
• François Quesnel (active 1580s), painter
• Jacques Patin (active 1580s), engraver
• Jean de Beaugrand (1584–1640), lineographer

Seventeenth century

See also French Baroque and Classicalism, Louis XIII of France, Central Richelieu, Baroque, Louis XIV wink France, Palace of Versailles, Classicism

• Philippe Millereau (1570–1610), painter
• Daniel Dumonstier (1574–1646), draftsman
• Pierre Dumonstier II (1585–1656), draftsman
• Claude Deruet (1588–1660) (in Lorraine), painter
• Simon Vouet (1590–1649), painter
• Jacques Callot (1592–1635) (in Lorraine), engraver
• Georges de Possibility Tour (1593–1652), painter
• Claude Vignon (1593–1670), painter, printmaker, illustrator
• Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painter
• Antoine Le Nain (before 1600–?), painter
• Louis Le Nain (after 1600–?), painter
• Nicolas Lagneau (fl c.

  1600–c. 1650), draftsman

• Abraham Bosse (1602–1676), engraver
• Claude Gelée, called Claude Lorrain (1600–1682), painter
• Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
• Pierre-Antoine Lemoine (1605–1665), still-life painter
• Laurent de Practice Hyre (1606–1565), painter
• Mathieu Le Nain (1607–c.1677), painter
• Louise Moillon (1610–1696), painter
• Pierre Mignard (1612–1695), painter
• Gaspard Dughet (1613–1675), painter
• André Le Nôtre (1613–1700), site architect
• Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655), painter
• Sébastien Bourdon (1616–1671), painter
• Charles Le Brun (1619–1690), painter, other media
• Pierre Undesirable Puget (1620–1694), sculptor
• Guillaume Courtois (1628–1679), painter and etcher
• François Girardon (1628–1715), sculptor
• Catherine Duchemin (1630–1698), painter
• Claude Lefèbvre (1633–1675), painter and engraver
• Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (1636–1697), engraver
• Charles de la Trench (1636–1716), painter
• Antoine Coysevox (1640–1720), sculptor
• Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (1641–1676), engraver
• Étienne Allegrain (1644–1736), topographical painter
• Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717), painter
• François de Troy (1645–1730), painter
• Madeleine Boullogne (1646–1710), still life painter
• Marie Blancour (fl.

  1650–1699), painter

• Marie Courtois (c.1655–1703), miniature painter
• Nicolas de Largillière (1656–1746), painter
• Nicolas Coustou (1658–1733), sculptor
• Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743), painter
• Antoine Coypel (1661–1722), sculptor
• François Desportes (1661–1743), painter

Eighteenth century

See additionally Palace of Versailles, Louis XV of France, Madame de Marchioness, Rococo, Louis XVI of Author, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, Gobelins.

For deceit criticism, see Denis Diderot

• Alexis Saint Belle (1674–1734)
• Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752) (son of François), painter
• Marie-Anne Horthemels (1682–1727), engraver
• Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), painter
• Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745), painter
• Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755), painter
• Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (1686–1767), engraver
• François Lemoyne (1688–1737), painter
• Nicolas Lancret (1690–1743), painter
• Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694–1752), painter, art commentator, contemporary playwright
• Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736), painter
• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699–1779), painter
• Charles Joseph Natoire (1700–1777), painter
• Louis-François Roubiliac (1702–1762), sculptor
• Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702–1789), painter
• François Boucher (1703–1770), master, engraver
• Maurice Quentin de La Excursion (1704–1788), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704–1778), puma, sculptor
• Charles-André van Loo (Carle Forerunner Loo) (1705–1765) (brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo), painter
• Louis-Michel van Aptitude (1707–1771) (son of Jean-Baptiste advance guard Loo), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714–1785), sculptor
• Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (1715–1783), painter
• Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), sculptor
• Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721–1820), draughtsman, watercolorist, puma in gouache
• Joseph-Marie Vien (1716–1809), painter
• Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795) (son exhaustive Jean-Baptiste van Loo), painter
• Charles Germain de Saint Aubin (1721–1786), engraver, embroidery designer
• Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805), painter
• François-Hubert Drouais (Drouais le fils) (1727–1775), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Defernex (1729–1783), sculptor
• Jean-Honoré Painter (1732–1806), painter
• Jean-Jacques Durameau (1733–1796), painter
• Hubert Robert (1733–1808), painter, engraver
• Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772), painter
• Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802), painter
• Étienne de La Vallée Poussin (1735–1802), French history painter and initiator of interior decorative schemes
• Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (1761–1824), painter
• Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735–1784), painter
• Nicolas Benzoin Delapierre (1739–c.1800), painter
• A.

  Duval, genius and engraver active 1769-1801

• Jean Antoine Houdon (1741–1828), sculptor
• Jean-Michel Moreau (Moreau the younger) (1741–1814), engraver
• Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818), painter
• Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825), painter
• Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750–1817), portrait artist
• Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (1751–1824), portrait and landscape artist
• Michel Garnier (1753–1819), painter
• Rosalie Filleul (1752–1794), painter
• Antoine Berjon (1754–1843), painter essential designer
• Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829)
• Élisabeth Vigée Branch Brun (1755–1842), painter
• Alexandre-Hyacinthe Dunouy (1757–1841), painter known for his landscapes
• Pierre Prudhon (1758–1823), painter

Nineteenth century (Romanticism to Impressionism)

See also French Insurrection, Napoleon I, Romanticism, Barbizon nursery school, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Academic be off, Napoleon III of France, Cinematography, Modernism

• Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845), painter
• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), photographer
• Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825), poet and painter from Brittany
• Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855), painter
• Antoine Jean Gros (1771–1835), painter
• Pierre Narcisse Guérin (1771–1833), painter
• Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), painter
• Blanche Hennebutte-Feillet (1815–1886), lithographer
• Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (1777–1837), painter, draftsman
• Jean-Baptiste Goyet (1779–1854), painter
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), painter
• Étienne Bouhot (1780–1862), painter and set out teacher
• Alexandre-François Caminade (1783–1862), portraitist deliver religious painter
• François Rude (1784–1855), sculptor
• Eugénie Charen (1786–1824), painter
• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851), photographer
• Charles de Steuben (1788–1856), catamount active during the Napoleonic Era
• Horace Vernet (1789–1863), painter
• Jules Robert Auguste (c.1789–1850), painter
• Elisa de Lamartine (1790–1863), painter and sculptor
• Théodore Géricault (1791–1824), painter
• Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792–1845), painter
• Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875), sculptor
• Ary Scheffer (1795–1858), painter
• Raymond Bonheur (1796–1849), painter
• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Painter (1796–1875), painter
• Fanny Alaux (1797–1880), painter
• Paul Delaroche (1797–1856), painter
• Julie Hugo (1797–1865), painter
• Eugène Goyet (1798–1857), painter
• Eugène Painter (1798–1863), painter
• Xavier Leprince (1799–1826), painter
• Alfred Johannot (1800–1837), painter and engraver
• Hippolyte Bellangé (1800–1866), painter
• Camille Chantereine (1810–1847), painter
• Achille Devéria (1800–1857), painter, engraver
• Charles Philipon (1800–1861), caricaturist
• Paul Huet (1803–1869), painter
• François-Émile de Lansac (1803–1890), painter
• Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, called) (1803–1847), engraver
• Eugène Isabey (1803–1886), painter
• Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (1804–1860), painter
• Édouard Viénot (born 1804), painter
• Zoé Goyet (died 1869), pastel portrait artist
• Eugène Lepoittevin (1806–1870), painter
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887), photographer
• Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), painter, lithographer, sculptor
• Louis Boulanger (1808–1867), painter
• Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1808–1878) (born in Spain), painter
• Auguste Préault (1809–1879), sculptor
• Ignace François Bonhomme (1809–1881), painter
• Constant Troyon (1810–1865), painter
• Eugène André Oudiné (1810–1875), sculptor, engraver
• Jules Dupré (1811–1889), painter
• Théodore Rousseau (1812–1867), painter
• Boissard de Boisdenier (1813–1866), painter
• Charles Jacque (1813–1894), painter
• Jean-François Millet (1814–1875), painter
• Thomas Couture (1815–1879), painter
• Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891), painter
• Jacques-Eugene Feyen (1815–1908), painter
• Charles Marville (1816–1879), painter, engraver, photographer
• Antoine Chintreuil (1816–1873), painter
• Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (1817–1878), painter
• François Bonvin (1817–1887), painter
• Charles-François Daubigny (1817–1878), painter
• Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819–1891) (Dutch, worked in France), painter
• Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856), painter
• Gustave Painter (1819–1877), painter
• Eugène Fromentin (1820–1876), painter
• Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called "Nadar") (1820–1910), photographer
• Charles Méryon (1821–1868), artist (etching)
• Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), painter
• Marie Adrien Persac (1823–?), painter, cartographer, author, civil engineer, photographer
• Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889), painter
• Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824–1887), sculptor jaunt painter
• Gustave Boulanger (1824–1888), painter
• Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), painter
• Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824–1886), painter
• Théodule Ribot (1824–1891), painter
• Eugène Boudin (1824–1898), painter
• Pierre Puvis objective Chavannes (1824–1898), painter
• William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), painter
• Gustave Moreau (1826–1898), painter
• Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875), sculptor
• Elie Delaunay (1828–1891), painter
• Camille Alfred Pabst (1828–1898), painter
• Achille Emperaire (1829–1898), painter and a intimate of Paul Cézanne
• Léon Germain Pelouse (1838–1891), painter
• Lucien Joulin (1842–1878), painter
• Gaston de Laperriere (1848–1920), painter
• Gabriel Guay (1848–1923), painter
• Aimé Morot (1850–1915), catamount and son in law ceremony Jean-Léon Gérôme
• Gabriel-Charles Deneux [fr] (b.

  1856), encaustic painter

• Jules-Cyrille Cavé (4 Jan 1859 – 12 May 1949), painter

Nineteenth century (Impressionism to Fauvism)

See also Modern art, Modernism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Les Nabis, Fauvism, Symbolization, Symbolist painters, Art Nouveau, Primitivism

• Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), painter
• Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904), photographer
• Édouard Manet (1832–1883), painter
• Gustave Doré (1832–1883), engraver
• Louis Émile Benassit (1833–1902) artist and raconteur
• Edgar Degas (1834–1917), painter, sculptor
• Pierre Mallet (1836–1898), artist of ceramics
• Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), painter
• Jules Chéret (1836–1932), painter, other media
• Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), painter
• François Salle (1839–1899)
• Odilon Redon (1840–1916), painter, draftsman, lithographer
• Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), sculptor
• Claude Monet (1840–1926), painter; a founder of Sculptor Impressionist painting
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), painter
• Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), painter
• Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), painter
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
• Fernand Pelez (1843–1913), painter
• Alexander Louis Leloir (1843–1884), painter
• Henri Rousseau ("Le Douanier Rousseau") (1844–1910), painter
• Jean Antonin Mercié (1845–1916), sculptor
• Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845–1902), painter
• Gustave Caillebotte (1848–1894), painter
• Henri Biva (1848–1929), painter
• Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848–1884), painter
• Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), painter, sculptor
• Henry Lerolle (1848–1929), painter
• Eugène Carrière (1849–1906), painter
• Pierre Carrier-Belleuse (1851–1932), painter
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) (Dutch, worked in France), painter
• Charles Angrand (1854–1926), painter
• Emilie Jenny Weyl (1855–1934), sculptor
• Édouard Bisson (1856–1939), painter
• Henry-Edmond Captious (1856–1910), painter
• Henry Moret (1856–1913), painter
• Eugène Atget (Jean-Eugène Auguste Atget) (1857–1927), photographer
• Mathurin Janssaud (1857–1940), painter
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1858–1884), painter and sculptor
• Georges-Pierre Painter (1859–1891), painter
• Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929), sculptor
• Aristide Maillol (1861–1944), sculptor
• Louis Vivin (1861–1936), painter
• Antonio de la Gandara (1861–1917), painter
• Gaston Bussière (1862–1929), Symbolism augment painter and illustrator
• Ernest de Chamaillard (1862–1931), painter
• Henri Delavallée (1862–1943), painter
• Paul Signac (1863–1935), painter
• Camille Bouvagne (1864–1936), painter
• René Georges Hermann-Paul (1864–1940), rich distinct artist, illustrator, painter
• William Didier-Pouget (1864–1959), painter
• Henri Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), painter
• Paul Sérusier (1864–1927), painter
• Paul Ranson (1864–1909), painter
• Seraphine Louis (1864–1942), painter
• Henri Jourdain (1864–1931), painter, prints emergence lithographs of landscapes usually impervious to the water
• Albert Aurier (1865–1892), bard, art critic and painter dedicated to Symbolism
• Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938), painter
• Félix Vallotton (1865–1925) (Swiss, worked compel France), painter, engraver
• Jacqueline Marval (1866–1932), the pseudonym for Marie Josephine Vallet, French painter
• Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), painter
• Angèle Delasalle (1867–1941, painter, engraver
• Paule Gobillard (1867–1946), painter
• Jeanne Itasse-Broquet (1867–1941), sculptor
• Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867–1944), painter
• Hector Guimard (1867–1942), architect and decorator
• Édouard Painter (1868–1940), painter
• Georges Lacombe (1868–1916), sculptor
• Émile Bernard (1868–1941), painter
• Henri Matisse (1869–1954), painter, other media
• Adolf de Meyer (1869–1949), photographer
• Georges d'Espagnat (1870–1950), artist, illustrator, engraver

Twentieth century (pre-World Conflict II)

See also Post-Impressionism, Modern rip open, Modernism, Cubism, Puteaux Group, Pappa, Surrealism

• Maurice Dubois (1869–1944), painter
• Georges Rouault (1871–1958), painter
• Léon Printemps (1871–1945), painter
• František Kupka (1871–1957) (Czech, worked always France), painter
• Henri-Charles Manguin (1874–1943), painter
• Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (1875–1928), painter
• Albert Marquet (1875–1947), painter
• Jacques Villon (1875–1963), painter
• Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) (French, born listed Romania), sculptor
• Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958) (Flemish, worked in France), painter
• Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876–1918), sculptor
• Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), painter
• Jeanne Baudot (1877–1957), painter
• René Physicist Edmond His, (1877–1960), landscape painter
• Jean Crotti (1878–1958) (Swiss), painter
• Louis Marcoussis (Louis Markus) (1878–1941 or 1883–1941) (Polish, worked in France), painter
• Francis Picabia (1879–1953), painter
• Maurice Berty (1884–1946), illustrator
• André Derain (1880–1954), painter
• Joseph Hémard (1880–1961), illustrator
• René Béclu (1881—1915), sculptor
• Charles Picart Le Doux (1881—1959), painter
• Albert Gleizes (1881–1952), painter, writer, theorist
• Henri Le Fauconnier (1881–1946), painter
• Jacob Macznik (1905–1945), painter^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• Fernand Léger (1881–1955), painter
• Georges Braque (1882–1963), painter
• Auguste Chabaud (1882–1955), painter
• Auguste Herbin (1882–1960), painter
• Jean Metzinger (1883–1956), painter, engraver, poet, penman, theorist
• Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), painter
• Maurice Painter (1883–1955), painter
• Marie-Renée Ucciani (1883–1963), catamount, sculptor
• Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884–1974), painter
• Jacques Maroger (1884–1962), painter
• Robert Delaunay (1885–1941), painter
• André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), painter
• Raymond Wintz (1884–1956), painter
• Pierre Brissaud (1885–1964), painter
• Roger de La Fresnaye (1885–1925), painter
• Robert Antoine Pinchon (1886–1943), Country Post-Impressionist painter of the Rouen School (l'École de Rouen)
• Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1956), painter
• Jean (Hans) Arp (1886–1966), painter, sculptor
• Marc Chagall (1887–1985) (born in Belarus), painter
• Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), painter, sculptor, other media
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889–1963), painter
• Anna Quinquaud (1890–1984), journeyer and sculptor
• Ossip Zadkine (1890–1967) (Russian born), sculptor
• Sabine Desvallières (1891–1935), Sculpturer embroiderer and nun
• Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973) (born in Lithuania), sculptor
• Max Painter (1891–1976) (German born), painter, sculptor
• Thérèse Lemoine-Lagron (1891–1949), painter
• Louis Favre (1892–1956), painter, creator of lithographs
• Bram forerunner Velde (1892–1981) (Dutch, worked birdcage France), painter
• Chaïm Soutine (1894–1943) (born in Belarus), painter
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986), photographer
• Jean Maurice Rothschild (1902–1998), furniture artist, interior designer, muralist
• Gen Paul (1895–1975), painter, engraver
• Albert Gilles (1895–1979), metal embosser, working tally up copper
• Lucie Bouniol (1896–1988), sculptor, painter
• André Masson (1896–1987), painter
• René Iché (1897–1954), sculptor, painter
• Jean Fautrier (1898–1964), painter
• Georges Gimel (1898–1962), painter, engraver, sculptor
• Henri Michaux (1899–1984) (Belgian), painter
• Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899–1984) (born in Hungary), photographer
• Yves Tanguy (1900–1955) (naturalized American), painter

Twentieth century (post-World War II)

See also: Modern art

• René Pellos (1900–1998), cartoonist
• Madeleine Schlumberger or Marie d’Ailleurs’ (1900–1980), artist, writer
• Marcelle Bergerol (1901–1989), painter
• Michel-Marie Poulain (]1906–1991), painter
• Alberto Painter (1901–1966) (Swiss, worked in Paris), sculptor, painter
• Alfred-Georges Regner (1901–1987), puma, engraver
• Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), painter
• Charles Cobelle (1902–1994), painter
• Hans Bellmer (1902–1975) (French, born in Germany), sculptor, artist, engraver
• Maurice Blanchard (1903–1969), painter
• Victor Brauner (1903–1966) (Romanian), painter
• Hans Hartung (1904–1992) (born in Germany), painter
• Jean Hélion (1904–1987), painter
• Pierre Tal-Coat (1905–1985), painter
• Elisa Breton (1906–2000), artist and scribbler, third wife of French penman and surrealist André Breton
• Henri Cadiou (1906–1989), painter
• Victor Vasarely (1908–1997) (born in Hungary), painter
• Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, called "Balthus") (1908–2001) (Polish born), painter
• Mario Tauzin (1909–1979)
• Andrée Bordeaux-Le Pecq (1910–1973), illustrator
• Jacques Nathan Garamond (1910–2001), graphic designer, illustrator, painter
• Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910–2007) (born in Hungary), photographer
• Othello Radou (1910–2006), painter
• Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) (lived and died in America), sculpturer, other media
• Ervin Marton (1912–1968), artist and artist
• Wols (1913–1951) (born provide Germany), painter
• Pierre Wemaëre (1913–2010), painter
• Etienne Martin (1913–1995), sculptor
• Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955) (French, Russian origin), painter
• Gérard Locardi (1915–1998), painter
• François Lanzi (1916–1988), painter
• Constantine Andreou (1917–2007) (Greek, Brazilian born), painter, sculptor
• Marcel Mouly (1918–2008), painter, print maker
• Bernard Cathelin (1919–2004), painter
• Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), painter
• Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), painter
• Gabrielle Bellocq (1920–1999), painter
• César Baldaccini (called "César") (1921–1998), sculptor
• Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–2021), painter
• Georges Mathieu (1921–2012), painter
• Francois Fiedler (1921–2001), painter
• Simon Hantaï (1922–2018) (born in Hungary), painter
• Paul Crotto (1922–2016), painter, sculptor with the addition of printmaker
• François Ozenda (1923–1976), painter
• Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) (Swiss), sculptor
• Robert Filliou (1926–1987), other media
• Raymond Hains (1926–2005), agitate media
• Paul Rebeyrolle (1926–2005), painter
• François Morellet (1926–2016), painter
• Jacques de la Villeglé (1926–2022), other media (ripped posters)
• François Dilasser (1926–2012), painter
• Georges Badin (1927–2014), painter
• Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), painter
• Yves Couturier (1928–1962), painter
• Jacques Rivette (1928–2016), filmmaker
• Arman (Armand Fernandez) (1928–2005), sculptor
• Natalie d'Arbeloff (1929–), cartoonist and painter
• Gérard Gasiorowski (1930–1986), painter, other media
• Niki point Saint-Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor
• Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010) (Uruguay/French, died in Santa Physical, New Mexico), abstract realism
• Jules Michel (1931–), painter, sculptor
• Tomi Ungerer (1931–2019), artist, illustrator
• Bernard Rancillac (1931–2021), puma, sculptor
• Jean-Marie Straub (1933–2022) and Danièle Huillet (1936–2006), filmmakers
• Lydia Corbett (1934–), artist
• Jean Pierre Serrier (1934–1989), painter
• Jean-Pierre Yvaral (1934–2002) (son of Sure thing Vasarely), painter
• Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1934–2021), artist, painter
• Ben Vautier (called "Ben") (1935–), painter, other media
• Martial Raysse (1936–), painter
• Daniel Buren (1938–), sculptor, painter
• Pierre Laffillé (1938–2011), painter
• Henri Sert (1938–1964), painter
• Gérard Fromanger (1939–2021), painter, treat media
• Sandra Jayat (c.1939–), painter, poetess, author
• Nancy Wilson-Pajic (1941–), media maven, feminist artist, installation artist, photographer
• Bernar Venet (1941–) (lives in America), sculptor
• Daniel Dezeuze (1942–), other media
• Anne Poirier (1942–), painter, other media
• Ksenia Milicevic (1942–), painter
• Tania Mouraud (1942–), contemporary artist
• Jean Jacques Surian (1942–), painter and ceramist, lives be pleased about Marseilles
• Patrick Bokanowski (1943–), filmmaker
• Pierre Risch (1943–), painter, lithograph, engraver, founder 1, pastellist, watercolorist
• Slobodan Pajic (1943–), artist, media artist, installation artist
• René-Louis Magnate (1944–2016), conceptualist, algorithmic music composer
• Christian Boltanski (1944–2021), painter, photographer, time away media, sculptor
• Reine Mazoyer, (1944–), panther, illustrator, set designer
• Jacques Pellegrin (1944–2021), painter
• Henri Richelet (1944–2020), painter
• Thierry Agullo (1945–1980), mixed media
• Jean-Yves Lechevallier (1946–), sculptor
• Gérard Garouste (1946–), sculptor, panther, other media
• Jean-Marie Poumeyrol (1946–), painter
• Denis Schneider (1946–), painter
• Yves Hayat (1946–), painter
• Orlan (1947–), performance artist, oppose artist
• Champion Métadier (1947–), visual artist
• Bracha L.

  Ettinger (1948–) (born razor-sharp Tel Aviv), painter, photographer, additional media, artists' books

• Thibaut de Reimpré (1949–2023), abstract painter
• Claudine Drai (1951–), visual artist
• Claude-Max Lochu (1951–), painter
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951–), painter, sculptor, lensman, writer
• Guillerm Zamor (1951–), painter, carver, writer
• Jean-Marc Bustamante (1952–), painter, carver, photographer
• Hélène Agofroy (1953–), contemporary artist
• Thierry Bisch (1953–), painter
• Bernard Frize (1954–), painter
• Michel Mimran (1954–)
• Jean Paul City (1955–), painter, sculptor, writer
• Joel Ducorroy (1955–), licence plate artist
• Patrick Moya (1955–), painter, sculptor, media person in charge (see fr:Patrick Moya)
• Patrick Mimran (1956–), multimedia artist
• Michel De Caso (1956–), painter, sculptor
• Robert Combas (1957–), painter
• Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen) (1957–), travel ormation technol artist
• Pascal Lecocq (1958–) painter, setting designer
• Emmanuel Flipo (1958–), painter
• Thierry Noir (1958–), artist and muralist
• Hervé Di Rosa (1959–), painter
• Zaven Paré (1961–), new media artist
• Corinne Medina-Saludo [fr] (1961–), painter and drawer
• Victor Orly (1962–), (lives and works in Marseilles), painter, ceramist
• Pierre Huyghe (1962–), public relations, film, video
• Bibi (1964–), installation artist
• Damien Valero (1965–), mixed media artist
• Marie Jaffredo (1966–), comics creator
• Manu Farrarons (1967–), tattoo artist, graphic deviser, illustrator, other media
• Lionel Estève (1967–), (lives and works in Brussels), sculpture and installation artist
• Phil.

  Macquet (1967–), painter

• Johanna Schipper (known likewise "Johanna"; 1967–), bande dessinée artist
• Béatrice Cussol (1970–), watercolor, drawing, mural
• Elsa Dax (1972–), painter
• Béatrice Tillier (1972–), illustrator and bande dessinée cartoonist
• Virginie Augustin (1973–), comics and cheerful features artist
• Jean-François Batellier (1974–), impersonate and cartoonist
• Abdelkader Benchamma (1975–), drawings, sculptor
• Morgane Tschiember (1976–), sculptor, tv artist
• Y Liver (1977–) (lives existing works in Paris), video creator and performance artists
• Aude Massot (1983–), comic book artist
• Oriane Lassus (1987–), cartoonist and illustrator
• Seb Toussaint (1988–), artist and muralist
• Jisbar (1989–), maven and painter

French photographers

See also: Delegate of French photographers and Category:French photographers

• Eugène Atget (Jean-Eugène Auguste Atget) (1857–1927)
• Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899–1984) (born in Hungary)
• Hippolyte Bayard (1807–1887)
• Adeline Boutain (1862–1946), photographer, postcard publisher
• Adolphe Mistress (1812–1877)
• Alexandra Boulat (1962–2007), photographer
• Sophie Calle (1953–), other media, photographer
• Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)
• Louis-Jacques Daguerre (1787–1851)
• Robert Doisneau (1912–1994)
• Pierre Dubreuil (1872–1944), photographer
• Philippe Echaroux (1983–)
• Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910–2007), lensman (born in Hungary)
• Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986)
• Ange Leccia (1952–), photographer, filmmaker
• Jean-François Lepage (1960–), photographer
• Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)
• Charles Marville (1816–1879)
• Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon, called "Nadar") (1820–1910)
• Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), inventor of photography
• Pierre tableware Gilles (Pierre: 1949, Gilles: 1953), photographers (active since 1976)
• Michel Poivert (1965–), photography historian, president admire Société française de photographie
• Herman Puig (originally from Cuba), photographer, filmmaker
• Constant Puyo (1857–1933)
• Marc Riboud (1923–2016), photographer
• Georges Rousse (1947–), photographer
• Bettina Rheims (1952–), photographer
• Willy Ronis (1910–2009), photographer
• Lise Sarfati (1958–), photographer
• Jean-Louis Schoellkopf (1946–), photographer
• Alex Strohl (1989–)
• Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud (1866–1951), artist and military officer
• Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951–)
• Xavier Veilhan (1963–), photographer, other media
• Jean-Marie Villard (1828–1899)
• Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) (1913–1951) (German, worked crop France), photographer

See also

References