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Born #onthisday1869 Dora Meeson Australian #artist established self in Chelsea & became member of extensive circle of Australian expatriate artists Elected member of London’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters Member of Artists’ Suffrage League
Born #onthisday1869 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée French #Rococo #painter Won Grand Prix de Rome 4 painting (1749) elected member of Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1755) Career blossomed in Paris leading to appointment as court painter to Elizabeth Empress of Russia
Born #onthisday1869 Dora Meeson Australian #artist established self in Chelsea & became member of extensive circle of Australian expatriate artists Elected member of London’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters Member of Artists’ Suffrage League
Born #onthisday1869 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée French #Rococo #painter Won Grand Prix de Rome 4 painting (1749) elected member of Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1755) Career blossomed in Paris leading to appointment as court painter to Elizabeth Empress of Russia
Born #onthisday1869 Henri Matisse iconic French #artist #sculptor #printmaker #draughtsman famed for masterful colour & fluid draughtsmanship 1 of #fauvism’s Big Beasts Rigorous technique emphasized flattened forms & decorative pattern Helped revolutionise #painting & sculpture
Born #onthisday1869 Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée French #Rococo #painter Won Grand Prix de Rome for painting (1749) elected member of Academie royale de peinture et de sculpture (1755) Career blossomed in Paris leading to appointment as court painter 2 Elizabeth Empress of Russia