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Also Known As Hippolyte-Paul Delaroche
Born July 17, 1797 • Paris • France
Died November 4, 1859 (aged 62) • Paris • France
Movement / Style realism

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“Children of Edward,” oil painting by Paul Delaroche, 1830; in the Louvre, Paris
Children of Edward, oil painting by Paul Delaroche, 1830; in the Louvre, Paris.
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Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Édouard Manet: Self-Portrait
Édouard Manet
French painter
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter
Eva Gonzalès: A Loge at the Theatre des Italiens
Eva Gonzalès
French painter
Théodore Rousseau
French artist
Charles-François Daubigny
French painter
Millet, Jean-François
Jean-François Millet
French painter [1814–1875]
Champfleury
French author
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
Italian painter
Thomas Eakins, detail of a self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1902; in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Thomas Eakins
American painter
Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
Winslow Homer
American artist
Alice Neel
American painter
Zurbarán, Francisco de
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish painter
Lane, Fitz Henry: Off Mount Desert Island
Fitz Henry Lane
American painter and lithographer
Ribera, José de: Saint Paul the Hermit
José de Ribera
Spanish painter
Isabel Bishop
American artist
Portrait of an Old Woman, etching on wove paper by Wilhelm Leibl, c. 1865; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 20.95 × 15.87 cm.
Wilhelm Leibl
German painter
Miner at the Vein, bronze sculpture by Constantin Meunier, c. 1892; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 48.26 × 44.45 × 33.97 cm.
Constantin Meunier
Belgian artist
Piloty, Karl von
Karl von Piloty
German artist
Mathieu Le Nain
French painter

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