The following is a chronological list of working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, Performance Art ). See other articles for information on French Literature , French Music , French Cinema and French Culture .
See also Middle Ages , Gothic Architecture , Illuminated Manuscript
See also Renaissance , Francis I Of France , Henri II Of France , Catherine De Medici , Henri III Of France , Henri IV Of France , Louvre , Fontainebleau , Châteaux Of The Loire Valley
See also French Baroque And Classicism , Louis XIII Of France , Cardinal Richelieu , Baroque , Louis XIV Of France , Palace Of Versailles , Classicism
See also Palace Of Versailles , Louis XV Of France , Madame De Pompadour , Rococo , Louis XVI Of France , Neoclassicism , Enlightenment , Gobelins . For art criticism, see Denis Diderot
See also French Revolution , Napoleon I , Romanticism , Barbizon School , Naturalism , Symbolism (arts) , Impressionism , Academic Art , Napoleon III Of France , Photography , Modernism
See also Modern Art , Modernism , Impressionism , Post-Impressionism , Les Nabis , Fauvism , Symbolism (arts) , Symbolist Painters , Art Nouveau , Primitivism (art)
See also Modern Art , Modernism , Cubism , Puteaux Group , Dada , Surrealism
- Georges Rouault (1871-1958) painter
- Frantisek Kupka (1871-1957) (Czech, worked in France) painter
- Henri-Charles Manguin (1874-1943) painter
- Jacques Villon (1875-1963) sculptor
- Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) (French, born in Romania) sculptor
- Maurice De Vlaminck (1876-1958) (Flemish, worked in France) painter
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876-1918) sculptor
- Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) painter
- Jean Crotti (1878-1958) (Swiss) painter
- Louis Marcoussis (1878-1941) (Polish, worked in France)
- Francis Picabia (1879-1953) painter
- André Derain (1880-1954) painter
- Albert Gleizes (1881-1952) painter
- Henri Le Fauconnier (1881-1946) painter
- Fernand Léger (1881-1955) painter
- Georges Braque (1882-1963) painter
- Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) painter
- Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) painter, engraver
- Louis Marcoussis (Louis Markus) (1883-1941) (Born in Poland) painter
- Marc Laurencin (1883-1956) painter
- Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) painter
- Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (1884-1974) painter
- Jacques Maroger (1884-1962) painter
- Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) painter
- Marie Laurencin (1885-1956) painter
- Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) painter
- Roger De La Fresnaye (1885-1925) painter
- Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1956)
- 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
- Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967) (Russian born) sculptor
- Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) (Born in Poland) sculptor
- Max Ernst (1891-1976) painter, sculptor
- Bram Van Velde (1892-1981) (Dutch, worked in France) painter
- Chaïm Soutine (1894-1943) (Born in Lithuania) painter
- Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) photographer
- André Masson (1896-1987) painter
- Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) painter
- Gen Paul (1898-1975) painter, engraver
- Henri Michaux (1899-1984) (Belgian) painter
- Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1899-1984) (born in Hungary) photographer
- Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) (Naturalized American) painter
- Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) painter
- Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) (Swiss, worked in Paris) sculptor
- Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) (French, Born in Germany) sculptor, photographer, engraver
See also Modern Art
- Hans Hartung (1904-1992) (Born in Germany) painter
- Jean Hélion (1904-1987) painter
- Pierre Tal-Coat (1905-1985) painter
- Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) (Born in Hungary) painter
- Davide Balula (1978-) Portuguese/French Visual & sound Artist
- Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, called "Balthus") (1908-2001) (Polish born) painter
- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) photographer
- Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) painter, other media
- Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910-) photographer (Born in Hungary)
- Willy Ronis (1910-) photographer
- Louise Bourgeois (1911-) (Lives in America) sculptor, other media.
- Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) photographer
- Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze) (1913-1951) (German, worked in France) photographer
- Nicolas De Staël (1914-1955) (French, Russian origin) painter
- Pierre Soulages (1919- ) painter
- Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951- ) painter, sculptor, photographer, writer
- Maurice Boitel (1919- ) painter
- Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921-) painter
- César Baldaccini (called "César") (1921- ) sculptor
- Georges Mathieu (1921- ) painter
- Simon Hantaï (1922-) (Born in Hungary) painter
- Marc Riboud (1923-) photographer
- Jean Tinguely (1925-1991) (Swiss) sculptor
- Raymond Hains (1926-2005) other media
- François Morellet (1926- ) painter
- Robert Filliou (1926-1987) other media
- Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) painter
- Arman (Armand Fernandez) (1928-2005) sculptor
- Yves Klein (1928-1962) painter
- Jean-Pierre Yvaral (dates?) (son of Vasarely) painter
- Martial Raysse (1936-) painter
- Daniel Buren (1938- ) sculptor, painter
- Gérard Fromanger (1939-) painter, other media
- Jacques De La Villeglé (1926-) other media (ripped posters)
- Anne Poirier (1942- ) painter, other media
- Patrick Poirier (1942- ) painter, other media
- Niki De Saint-Phalle (1930-) sculptor
- Ben Vautier (called “Ben”) (dates?) painter, other media
- Christian Boltanski (1944- ) painter, photographer, other media, sculptor
- Gérard Garouste (1946-) sculptor, painter, other media
- Georges Rousse (1947-) photographer
- Bettina Rheims (1952-) photographer
- Sophie Calle (1953-) other media, photographer
- Bernard Frize (1954-) painter
- Robert Combas (1957-) painter
- Pierre Et Gilles (active since 1976) photographer
- Thierry Bisch (1953-) painter
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