Artists & Monographs

Jean Béraud was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, with his twin sister Mélanie. His father, who was a sculptor, probably worked on the site of St. Isaac's Cathedral at that time. After his father's death in 1853, his mother, Geneviève Eugénie…

Albert Dubois-Pillet was born in Paris. His father, Jules Sylvain Dubois, was a wealthy merchant, and his mother, Sophie Hortense Pillet, was the sister of an auctioneer named Charles Pillet. He was educated in Toulouse, then at the Special…

Henri Edmond Joseph Delacroix was born in Douai, at 15, rue Jean-Bellegambe. His family had a hardware store there. A cousin of his father saw his talent when he was a child and became his guide. He apprenticed in Lille, with Carolus-Duran …

Eugène Paul grew up in Montmartre, at 96 rue Lepic. It is on this street that many artists have lived. From an early age, he began drawing and painting. His mother worked as an embroidererer, and his father, who was a musician in cabarets, …

Born in Moscow in 1902, André Lanskoy is a major figure in lyrical abstraction.

Louis Alphonse Forton was born in Sées, Orne, on March 14, 1879. Before becoming a draughtsman, he worked as a stable boy, groom, then jockey. In 1904, he met the Offenstadt brothers, who published magazines for youth. They hired him as a d…

A pioneer of abstract art, Jean Hélion evolved towards the figurative at the dawn of the Second World War.

An American painter, draftsman and engraver of Bulgarian origin, Jules Pascin is associated with the School of Paris.

A graduate of the École Supérieure Nationale d 'Art in Dijon, this contemporary artist creates videos, drawings and sculptures.