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Filled with honours and important responsibilities, Albert BESNARD was the first painter to whom the Republic honoured a national funeral, well before Georges Braque.

Eva Gonzalès is an important artist of 19th century painting. She is part of the Impressionist movement.

A major figure of Impressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir is mainly known for his portraits and female nudes, although he also devoted himself to landscapes, genre scenes, seascapes and still lifes.

Undisputed master of Impressionism, Claude Monet dictated the new rules of artistic practice and revolutionized it forever.

Undisputed master of Impressionism, Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) remains in many ways a mystery.

A unique artist from the same period as the Impressionists, Paul CEZANNE developed a unique and personal style of painting.

Very famous for his collective portraits, Henri Fantin-Latour also excelled in other forms of expression, such as still lifes. A privileged witness of his time, he is sometimes considered a link between the Romantic and Impressionist movements.

Born into a very wealthy and cultured environment, the painter abandoned the particle to sign his works. His exceptional situation did not escape the critics of the time, often destabilized by his avant-gardism, which is still the subject of many debates among art historians today.

Zola's favorite painter, Édouard Manet (1832–1883) embodied the aesthetic revolution of the late 19th century.

A French painter and draftsman, he showed his talent for painting from a very young age. He exhibited at the Salon in Paris and also stayed in New York where he acquired great fame.

Considered a precursor of symbolism and a major figure in 19th century French painting, Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes was one of the founders of the new Société nationale des beaux-arts in 1890.

Alfred Dehodencq belonged to the orientalism artistic style. He was mainly active during the modern period in the 19th century.