Antoine Vollon

Antoine Vollon
Chest-high portrait of man in his twenties with brown eyes and dark medium-long hair and a beard, wearing a vest and suitcoat and white shirt
Photograph of Vollon in 1858 by Pierre Petit
Born(1833-04-23)23 April 1833
Lyon, France
Died27 August 1900(1900-08-27) (aged 67)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Known forPainting

Antoine Vollon (23 April 1833 – 27 August 1900)[1] was a French realist artist, best known as a painter of still lifes, landscapes, and figures.[2] During his lifetime, Vollon was a successful celebrity,[3] enjoyed an excellent reputation, and was called a "painter's painter."[4] In 2004, New York's then-PaceWildenstein gallery suggested that his "place in the history of French painting has still not been properly assessed."[5]

  1. ^ Paton, James, ed. (1908). Catalogue, descriptive and historical, of the pictures and sculpture in the Glasgow art gallery and museum, Kelvingrove. Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. p. 222.
  2. ^ "Antoine Vollon". Tate Collection. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  3. ^ "Album de 500 célébrités contemporaines: Antoine Vollon". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Russell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Biography". Wildenstein. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2011.