British Painter, 1722-1793 Related Paintings of Dominic Serres :. | An English man-o'war shortening sail entering Portsmouth harbour, with Fort Blockhouse off her port quarter | The Cathedral at Havana, August-September 1762 | The Captured Spanish Fleet at Havana, August-September 1762 | BattleOfTrincomaleeBySerres | The British Fleet entering Havana,21 August 1762 | Related Artists:
Samuel MillerAmerican Painter, 1807-1853
Pierre Auguste Cot(February 17, 1837 ?C 1883) was a French painter of the Academic Classicism school.
He was born in B??darieux, and initially studied at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse before going to Paris. He studied under Leon Cogniet, Alexandre Cabanel and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. From the 1870s, his popularity grew quickly. In 1874 he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He created several works of lasting popularity, including Le Printemps, featuring two young lovers sitting upon a swing, and The Storm. Both these paintings are on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City;
Henry SommFrench, 1844-1907.French painter, illustrator, designer and printmaker. He was trained at the Ecole Municipale de Dessin in Rouen under Gustave Morin (1809-86). He was obliged to sell illustrations to periodicals to make a living, contributing, among others, to Charge, Cravache, LInutile, Chronique parisienne and Courier fran?ais. His drawings were spirited, but because their humour often relied on topicality his fame was short-lived.