Alexandre Cabanel 1823-1889 French Student of François Picot Teacher of Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant Alexandre Cabanel was well known for his dramatic religious and mythological narratives drawn and painted with precise draftsmanship and a high degree of academic finish. A student of François Picot, Cabanel studied in Rome after winning
Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966 American Student of Robert Vonnoh, Thomas Anshutz, Henry Thouron, Howard Pyle Maxfield Parrish first considered a career as an architect, but after three years at Haverford, he transferred to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to study painting under Robert Vonnoh, Thomas Anshutz, and
Howard Pyle 1853-1911 American Student of Francis Adolf Van der Wielen, Lemuel Wilmarth Teacher of N. C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish Howard Pyle was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and except for a few brief years in New York City, he remained in Wilmington where he established his career as
Robert Vonnoh 1858-1933 American Student of Gustave Boulanger, Jules-Joseph Lefebvre Teacher of Maxfield Parrish Robert Vonnoh, born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in Boston, traveled to France to study with the teaching team of Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre at the Académie Julian, returning to America to teach
Thomas Anshutz 1851-1912 American Student of Lemuel Wilmarth, Thomas Eakins, William Bouguereau Teacher of Maxfield Parrish Thomas Anshutz began his studies at the National Academy of Design under Lemuel Wilmarth before entering the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to study with Thomas Eakins, eventually becoming Eakins’s assistant
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant 1845-1902 French Student of Alexandre Cabanel Teacher of Eric Pape Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel. During the Franco-Prussian War he traveled to Spain where he came under the influence of the Orientalist painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal. Best
William Bouguereau 1825-1905 French Student of François Picot Teacher of Thomas Anshutz William Bouguereau was one of the most successful painters in France during his lifetime. Decorated by royalty and patronized by wealthy families in Europe and America, he became famous for his carefully designed and meticulously rendered
Gustave Rodolphe Boulanger 1824-1888 French Student of Paul Delaroche Teacher of Robert Vonnoh, Eric Pape, George Bridgman Gustave Boulanger became an orphan at 14 and entered the studio of Paul Delaroche two years later. A lifelong friend of Jean-Léon Gérôme, another Delaroche student, Boulanger painted similar subject matter--
Thomas Eakins 1844-1916 American Student of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Léon Bonnat Teacher of Thomas Anshutz Thomas Eakins began his training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in his native Philadelphia before traveling to France, becoming the second American student of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux
Jean-Léon Gérôme 1824-1904 French Student of Paul Delaroche, Marc Charles Gleyre Teacher of George Bridgman, Thomas Eakins, Lemuel Wilmarth Jean-Léon Gérôme was equally famous as a painter of narrative themes set in contemporary North Africa and the Middle East, the classical world of imperial Rome, or the more