Ernest Meissonier

Biography Edgar Maxence was born on January 3, 1871, in Bordeaux and died on April 25, 1954, in Paris. He was a French Symbolist painter, renowned for his works that blend mysticism, spiritual symbolism, and great technical mastery. Coming from…
Biography Johan Axel Gustaf Acke, better known by the signature J.A.G. Acke, was born on April 7, 1859, in Bergielund near Stockholm, into a cultured family. His father, Nils Johan Andersson, was a renowned botanist and director of the Swedish…
Biography Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat was born on November 14, 1844, in Limoges, a city then renowned for its porcelain tradition. He received training in the local ceramic manufactories, which gave him a strong technical foundation in faience and glazed porcelain. He…
Biography Albert Lynch, born on September 26, 1860, in Gleisweiler, Germany, was a painter and illustrator active mainly in France during the Belle Époque. Coming from a cosmopolitan background, he was the son of Diego Lynch, a Peruvian merchant of…
Biography Carl Johan Forsberg, born on March 25, 1868, in Norrköping, Sweden, and who died in the same city on October 30, 1938, was a Swedish painter, illustrator, and architect. He is best known for his luminous watercolors, Scandinavian landscapes,…
Biography Clément Massier, born in 1844 in Vallauris (Alpes-Maritimes) and died in 1917 in Golfe-Juan, was a renowned French ceramist, considered one of the pioneers of modern artistic ceramics. Coming from a family established in Vallauris since the 18th century,…
Biography Gilbert Méténier, né le 30 septembre 1876 à Moulins, est un céramiste français renommé, actif principalement dans la première moitié du XXe siècle. Héritier d’un savoir-faire familial, il succède en 1920 à son père Louis Méténier (1844‑1922), à la…
Biography Olof Thunman was born on February 18, 1879, in Uppsala, Sweden, into a cultured family with a strong artistic orientation. His father, Konrad Thunman, was a professor and writer, which nurtured his early interest in literature and artistic creation.…
Biography Louis Maria Niels Peder Halling Moe, born on April 20, 1857, in Arendal (Norway) and died on October 23, 1945, in Copenhagen (Denmark), was a painter, illustrator, engraver, and author of Norwegian origin, who became a naturalized Danish citizen…