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1813 |
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Born May 23rd in Paris |
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1830 |
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Founding and leading member of the “Men of 1830” |
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1832 |
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Following military service and brief employment as an engraver for the English magazine La Charivari, he made his Salon debut |
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1848 |
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Wrote a book, Le Poulailler, monographie des poules indigences et exotiques, published in 1848 |
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1849 |
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In effort to avoid the plague in Paris, relocated with his family to the artist’s colony of Barbizon on a property adjoining that of artist Jean-Francois Millet, located on the edge of Fontainbleau Forest |
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1861 |
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Was given official notice as a painter and began to employ a vigorous style that quickly became popular with patrons in the Lowlands, the British Isles, and the United States |
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1867 |
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Awarded the Legion d’honneur |
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1833 - 1870 |
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Contributed paintings every year to the Salon |
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1894 |
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Referring to himself as “The last of the Romantics,” he outlived most other Barbizon artists nearly to his 81st birthday and died on May 7th |
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