List of French engravers
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Renaissance
- Geoffroy ToryGeoffroy ToryGeoffroy Tory, born in Bourges around 1480 and died in Paris before 14 October 1533, was a French humanist and an engraver, best known for adding written letters in French. His life's work has heavily influenced French publishing to this day.-Biography:...
(1480–1533), humanist and engraver - Jean Rabel (1545–1603), painter and engraver
- Jean DuvetJean DuvetJean Duvet was a French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver, now best known for his engravings. He was the first significant French printmaker. He had a highly personal style, often compared to that of William Blake, with very crowded plates, a certain naive quality, and intense religious feeling...
(c. 1485–c. 1570), engraver - Jehan Cousin the youngerJehan Cousin the youngerJehan Cousin the younger was born in Sens, France around 1522, the son of the famous painter and sculptor Jean Cousin the Elder ca. 1490–ca. 1560) who was often compared to his noted contemporary, Albrecht Dürer...
(1490–1561), painter, engraver, sculptor - Thomas de LeuThomas de LeuThomas de Leu or Leeuw or Le Leup was a French engraver of Flemish origin.-Background:He began his career in Antwerp, influenced first of all by Wierix. He worked mostly in Paris, starting from 1576, at the atelier of Jean Rabel. He was one of the most important engravers of portraits of his time...
(1560–1612), engraver - Jacques BellangeJacques BellangeJacques Bellange was an artist and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine whose etchings and some drawings are his only securely identified works today. They are among the most striking Mannerist old master prints, mostly on Catholic religious subjects, and with a highly individual style...
(1575–1616), engraver - Daniel Rabel (1578–1637), painter and engraver
17th-century
- François PerrierFrançois Perrier (painter)François Perrier , a French painter and etcher, is remembered for his two collections of prints after antique sculptures, the Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum quae temporis dentem invidium evasere, , and Icones et segmenta...quae Romae adhuc extant ; they provided visual repertories of...
(1590–1650), painter and engraver - Jacques CallotJacques CallotJacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine . He is an important figure in the development of the old master print...
(1592–1635), engraver - Claude MellanClaude MellanClaude Mellan was a French engraver and painter.Mellan was born in Abbeville. Among the leading engravers of his time, he is best known for his numerous portraits as well as for his engraving technique of using parallel lines of varying thickness, rather than the more traditional technique of...
(1598–1688), painter, draughtsman and engraver - Balthasar Moncornet (1600–1668), painter and engraver
- Abraham BosseAbraham BosseAbraham Bosse was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolour.-Life:...
(1602–1676), engraver - Jean VarinJean VarinJean Varin or Warin was French sculptor and engraver who made important innovations in the process of minting coins.Born in Liège, Varin moved to Paris in 1626. After demonstrating talent as an engraver, he obtained the support of Cardinal Richelieu and in 1647 was appointed head of the French mint...
(1604–1672), sculptor and engraver - Nicolas RobertNicolas RobertNicolas Robert was a French miniaturist and engraver. He was born in Langres on 18 April 1614 and died in Paris on 25 March 1685.In 1664 he was appointed as "peintre ordinaire de Sa Majesté pur la miniature" to Louis XIV....
(1610–1684), miniaturist and engraver - François ChauveauFrançois ChauveauFrançois Chauveau was a French painter and engraver.-Life:The second son of the impoverished noble Lubin Chauveau and of Marguerite de Fleurs, he studied in the studio of Laurent de La Hyre and specialised in etching...
(1613–1676), draughtsman, engraver and painter - Michel DorignyMichel DorignyMichel Dorigny , was a French painter and engraver.-Biography:According to the RKD he was a pupil of Georges Lallemand and Simon Vouet. He trained at the Académie de peinture et de sculpture and became the teacher and father to the painters Nicolas and Louis Dorigny...
(1617–1663), painter and engraver - Jean Le PautreJean le PautreJean le Pautre was a French designer and engraver. Le Pautre was an apprentice to a carpenter and builder. In addition to learning mechanical and constructive work, he developed considerable skill with the pencil...
(1618–1682), draughtsman and engraver - Albert Flamen (1620–1674), engraver
- Israël SylvestreIsrael SilvestreIsrael Silvestre , called the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was a prolific French draftsman, etcher and print dealer who specialized in topographical views and perspectives of famous buildings...
(1621–1691), engraver - Robert NanteuilRobert NanteuilRobert Nanteuil was a French printmaker in engraving.He was born about 1623, or, as other authorities state, in 1630, the son of a merchant of Reims...
(1623–1678), engraver, draughtsman and pastelist - Gabriel Pérelle (1604–1677), engraver
- Gérard Audran (1640–1703), engraver
- Michel Mollart (1641–1712), medallist and engraver on copperplate
- Jean Mauger (1648–1712), medallist and engraver on copperplate
- Gérard EdelinckGerard EdelinckGerard Edelinck , was a Flemish copper-plate engraver.Edelinck was born in Antwerp, where he received his early training from the engraver Cornelis Galle. He then went to Paris to improve himself under the teaching of De Poilly...
(1649–1707), engraver - Jacques RestoutJacques Restoutthumb|250px|right|Jacques Restout was a French painter of the Restout dynasty and a Premonstratensian canon regular. Born in Caen, he was a student of Le Tellier and became prior of the abbaye de Moncets near Reims.-Works:* La Réforme de la Peinture, Caen, J...
(1650–1701), painter - Louis Dorigny (1654–1742), painter and engraver
- Eustache RestoutEustache RestoutEustache Restout was a French architect, engraver, painter and Premonstratensian canon regular, belonging to the artistic Restout dynasty. At his death he was sub-prior of abbaye Saint-Martin de Mondaye - he had produced the plans on which that monastery was rebuilt and painted several paintings...
(1655–1743), architect, engraver and painter
18th-century
- Nicolas DorignyNicolas DorignySir Nicolas Dorigny, a French engraver, was the youngest son of Michel Dorigny, and was born in Paris in 1658. He was brought up to the bar, and followed that profession until he was thirty years of age, when, in consequence of deafness, he turned his thoughts to the arts, and visited Italy, where...
(1658–1746), painter and engraver - Pierre Drevet (1664–1738), engraver
- Étienne Jehandier Desrochers (1668–1741), engraver
- François-Julien Barier (1680–1746), engraver
- François ChéreauFrançois ChereauFrançois Cheréau, also known as François I Cheréau was an engraver of portraits and reproductions of famous works of art during the reign of Louis XIV.-Early Life:...
(1680-1729), engraver - Charles DupuisCharles Dupuis (engraver)Charles Dupuis was a French engraver, who engraved many of the paintings from the galleries at Versailles and the Palais-Royal. He was elected a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1730...
(1685–1742), engraver - Jean-Baptiste OudryJean-Baptiste OudryJean-Baptiste Oudry was a French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer. He is particularly well known for his naturalistic pictures of animals and his hunt pieces depicting game.-Biography:...
(1686–1755), painter and engraver - Jacques ChéreauJacques ChereauJacques Chéreau was a portrait engraver, printmaker and publisher of optical prints in a neighborhood of printmakers at the Rue Saint-Jacques variously given on prints as "au Grand St. Remy," "au Coq," or "au dessus de la Fontaine St...
(1688-1776), engraver and publisher - Anne Claude Philippe de Tubieres de Grimoard de Pestels de Levis, Comte de CaylusAnne Claude Philippe de Tubieres de Grimoard de Pestels de Levis, Comte de CaylusAnne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels Levieux de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac , French antiquarian, proto-archaeologist and man of letters, was born at Paris....
(1692–1765) - Pierre-Jean MariettePierre-Jean MariettePierre-Jean Mariette was a collector of and dealer in old master prints, a renowned connoisseur, especially of prints and drawings, and a chronicler of the careers of French Italian and Flemish artists...
(1694–1774), bookseller and engraver - Nicolas-Gabriel DupuisNicolas-Gabriel DupuisNicolas-Gabriel Dupuis was a French engraver, and the brother of the engraver Charles Dupuis.-Works:*Aeneas saving his father from the burning of Troy, after Van Loo*Adoration of the kings, after Veronese...
(1695–1771), engraver - Pierre Imbert Drevet (1697–1739), engraver
- François BoucherFrançois BoucherFrançois Boucher was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture...
(1703–1770), painter, engraver - Jacques-Philippe Le BasJacques-Philippe Le BasJacques-Philippe Le Bas or Lebas was a French engraver.-Life and work:Lebas was engraver to the Cabinet du roi and successfully produced engravings after several paintings by different artists...
(1707–1783), engraver - Noël HalléNoël HalléNoël Hallé was a French painter, draftsman and printmaker. He was born into a family of artists, the son of Claude-Guy Hallé....
(1711–1781), painter and engraver - Pierre-Simon Fournier (1712–1768), engraver
- Jean-Baptiste Marie PierreJean-Baptiste Marie PierreJean-Baptiste Marie Pierre was a French painter, drawer and administrator.-Life:He was a student of Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture and painted a self-portrait in 1732...
(1714–1789), painter, engraver, draughtsman - Jean-Joseph BalechouJean-Joseph BalechouJean-Joseph Balechou was a French engraver.- Works :* Portrait of Augustus, king of Poland after Hyacinthe Rigaud* Portrait of Dom Philippe, infant of Spain after Louis René Vialy...
(1715–1765), engraver - Jacques Guay (1715–1787), engraver
- Charles-Nicolas CochinCharles-Nicolas CochinCharles-Nicolas Cochin was a French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic. To distinguish him from his father of the same name, he is variously called Charles-Nicolas Cochin le Jeune , Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils , or Charles-Nicolas Cochin II.-Early life:Cochin was born in Paris, the son of...
(1715–1790), engraver and draughtsman - Joseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie VienJoseph-Marie Vien , French painter, was born at Montpellier. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791....
(1716–1809), painter, draughtsman and engraver - Carmontelle (1717–1806), painter, draughtsman, engraver
- Claude-Henri WateletClaude-Henri WateletClaude-Henri Watelet was a rich French fermier-général who was an amateur painter, a well-respected etcher, a writer on the arts and a connoisseur of gardens. Watelet's inherited privilege of farming taxes in the Orléanais left him free to pursue his avocations, art and literature and gardens...
(1718–1786) - Étienne Ficquet (1719–1794), engraver
- Charles Eisen (1720–1778), painter and engraver
- Charles Germain de Saint AubinCharles Germain de Saint AubinCharles Germain de Saint Aubin was a draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV. Published a classic reference on embroidery, L'Art du Brodeur in 1770...
(1721–1786), engraver - Pierre-François BasanPierre-François BasanPierre-François Basan, a French engraver, born in Paris in 1723. He was a pupil of Etienne Fessard and Jean Daullé. He was principally occupied as a printseller, and published a 'Dictionnaire des Graveurs' in 1767. He died in 1797....
(1723–1797), engraver - Jean Ouvrier (1725–1754), engraver
- Guillaume Nicolas Delahaye (1725–1802), engraver
- Jacques AliametJacques AliametJacques Aliamet was a French engraver. His brother François-Germain Aliamet was also an engraver. He perfected drypoint and his several surviving works include engravings after Nicolaes Berchem, Philips Wouwerman and Claude Joseph Vernet.-External links:*...
(1726–1788), engraver - Jacques Firmin BeauvarletJacques Firmin BeauvarletJacques Firmin Beauvarlet, a celebrated engraver, was born at Abbeville in 1731. He went to Paris when young, and was instructed in the art by Charles Dupuis and Laurent Cars...
(1731–1797), engraver - Hubert RobertHubert RobertHubert Robert , French artist, was born in Paris.His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville a leading diplomat from Lorraine...
(1733–1808), painter, engraver - Benoît-Louis Prévost (1735–1804), engraver
- Jean-Pierre Houël (1735–1813), engraver, draughtsman and painter
- Simon Charles MigerSimon Charles MigerSimon Charles Miger was a French engraver, most notable for the plates he produced for La Ménagerie du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle by Lacépède, Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier.-Iconography:...
(1736–1828), engraver - Jean-Jacques de BoissieuJean-Jacques de BoissieuJean-Jacques de Boissieu was a French draughtsman, etcher and engraverBoissieu was born at Lyon, and studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in his home town, but was mostly self-taught...
(1736–1810), engraver - Marin-Nicolas Jadoulle (1736–1805), engraver and sculptor
- Louis-Gabriel Monnier (1739–1804), medallist and engraver
- Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814), engraver
- Jacques-François Chéreau (1742-1794), engraver
- François Godefroy (1743–1819), engraver
- Antoine Borel (1743–?), painter, draughtsman and engraver
- François-Rolland Elluin (1745–1810), engraver
- Gérard van SpaendonckGerard van SpaendonckGerard van Spaendonck was a Dutch painter.Gerard was born in Tilburg, an older brother of Cornelis van Spaendonck , who was also a renowned artist. In the 1760s he studied with decorative painter Willem Jacob Herreyns in Antwerp...
(1746–1822), painter and engraver - Vivant Denon (1747–1825), diplomat and administrator, writer and engraver
- Augustin DupréAugustin DupréAugustin Dupré was an engraver of French currency and medals, the 14th Graveur général des monnaies ..- Biography :...
(1748–1833), medallist and engraver - Charles Eschard (1748–1810), painter, draughtsman and engraver
- P. Jean-Baptiste BradelP. Jean-Baptiste BradelP. Jean-Baptiste Bradel, a French draughtsman and engraver, was born in Paris about 1750. He was chiefly employed in engraving portraits, which are neatly executed, and which include the following plates:*Pope Benedict XIV.*Pope Clement XIV....
(born circa 1750), draughtsman and engraver - Michel-François Dandré-BardonMichel-François Dandré-BardonMichel François André-Bardon, an historical painter and etcher, was born at Aix, in Provence, in 1700. He himself signed his name Dandré-Bardon, or D. Bardon, because his uncle, Louis Bardon, made him his heir on condition that he continued the name of Bardon; but his real name was André, as the...
(1752–1809), painter, draughtsman and engraver - Philibert-Louis DebucourtPhilibert-Louis DebucourtPhilibert-Louis Debucourt, a French painter and engraver, was born in Paris in 1765, and became a pupil of Vien. He executed afew plates in mezzotint; the 'Heureuse famille,' the 'Benediction de la mariée,' and the 'Cruche cassée,' after his own designs...
(1755–1832), painter and engraver - Charles Clément BalvayCharles Clément BalvayCharles Clément Balvay , known as Bervic, was a French engraver mainly working in intaglio and exclusively in burin...
(1756–1822), engraver - François-Nicolas MartinetFrançois-Nicolas MartinetFrançois-Nicolas Martinet was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist.Martinet engraved the plates for numerous works on natural history, especially ornithology. Notable in particular are those for l'Ornithologie de Mathurin Jacques Brisson .-External links:*...
(c. 1760–1800), engineer and engraver
19th-century (Romanticism and Impressionism)
- Jean AchardJean AchardJean Alexis Achard was a French painter.-Biography:Born in Voreppe, Isère, into a farming family, Jean Alexis Achard was self-taught and started his career as a clerk for a lawyer. He began his apprenticeship by copying paintings at the Museum of Grenoble...
(1807–1884), painter and engraver - André Galle (1761–1844), engraver
- Louis Léopold Boilly (1761–1845), painter, draughtsman and engraver
- Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe (1761–1824), painter, engraver
- Louis-Jean Allais (1762–1833), painter and engraver
- Jean-Jérôme Baugean (1764–1830), painter and engraver
- Louis-Pierre Baltard (1764–1846), architect, engraver and painter
- Pierre AudouinPierre AudouinPierre Audouin, an eminent French engraver, and pupil of Beauvarlet, was born in Paris in 1768, and died there in 1822. He engraved for the ' Musée Français,' published by Laurent, several of the finest works of the Italian and Dutch masters...
(1768–1822), engraver - Louis-François Lejeune (1775–1848), painter and engraver
- Pierre BouillonPierre BouillonPierre Bouillon was a French painter and engraver. Born at Thiviers, he studied with the Académie-trained history painter Nicolas-André Monsiau. He was awarded the grand prize of the Institut de France in July, 1797. His drawing of Laocoön and His Sons was the basis of Charles Clément Bervic's...
(1776–1831), engraver and painter - Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (1777–1837), painter, draughtsman and engraver
- Auguste Gaspard Louis DesnoyersAuguste Gaspard Louis DesnoyersAuguste Gaspard Louis, Baron Boucher-Desnoyers , was one of the most eminent of modern French engravers. His father held the office of commissary-general in the military household of Monsieur, afterwards Louis XVIII, but through unforeseen misfortunes young Desnoyers was compelled to choose for...
(1779–1857), engraver - Théodore Richomme (1785–1849), engraver
- François Forster (1790–1872), engraver
- Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet (1792–1845), painter and engraver
- Jean-Alexandre Allais (1792–1850), engraver
- Léon CognietLéon CognietLéon Cogniet was a French historical and portrait painter.- Biography :Cogniet was born in Paris. In 1812, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied under Pierre-Narcisse Guérin at the same time as Delacroix and Géricault. In 1817 he won the Prix de Rome and was a resident at...
(1794–1880), painter, portraitist and lithographer - Paul Letarouilly (1795–1855), architect, cartographer and engraver
- Jean-Denis Nargeot (1795–1865), engraver
- Godard II d'Alençon (1797–1864), engraver on wood
- Louis-Henri BrévièreLouis-Henri BrévièreLouis-Henri Brévière, born at Forges-les-Eaux in 1797, was a French wood-engraver, to whom is due the honour of having revived the art of wood-engraving, which had been neglected in France since the 17th century...
(1797–1869), engraver - Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont (1797–1892), engraver and draughtsman
- Pierre-François Godard fils (1797–1864), engraver and lithographer
- Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799–1850), engraver
- Charles PhiliponCharles PhiliponCharles Philipon . Born in Lyon, he was a French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist. He was the editor of the La Caricature and of Le Charivari, both satirical political journals....
(1800–1862), draughtsman, lithographer, journalist and editor - Achille DevériaAchille DevériaAchille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria was a French painter and lithographer. His father was a civil employee of the navy and student of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson and Louis Lafitte ....
(1800–1857), painter, engraver - Bernard-Romain Julien (1802-1871), lithographer
- Tony JohannotTony JohannotAntoine Johannot, usually called Tony Johannot, was a French engraver, illustrator and painter.-Biography:He was born in Offenbach am Main on 9 November 1803. His father, François Johannot , owned a silk factory in Germany, where the family had fled after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes...
(1803–1852), engraver, illustrator and painter - Jean Ignace Isidore GérardJean Ignace Isidore GérardJean Ignace Isidore Gérard , generally known by the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist.-Life and work:...
(Grandville), (1803–1847), engraver - Auguste Raffet (1804–1860), draughtsman and engraver
- Eugène IsabeyEugène IsabeyEugène Louis Gabriel Isabey was a French painter, draftsman, and printmaker.-Career:Born in Paris, the son of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a painter as well, Eugène Isabey studied and worked at the Louvre Museum. Early in his career his paintings consisted of mostly watercolor landscapes...
(1804–1886), painter, watercolorist and lithographer - Espérance Langlois (1805–1864), painter and engraver
- Louis Godefroy JadinLouis Godefroy JadinLouis Godefroy Jadin was a French painter specializing in animals and landscapes, especially known for having painted the hunts of Napoleon III and the dogs of the high society of the Second Empire...
(1805–1882), animal and landscape painter - Louis Marc Bacler d'Albe (1805–1887), draughtsman, painter and lithographer
- Honoré DaumierHonoré DaumierHonoré Daumier was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose many works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century....
(1808–1879), painter, engraver - Karl BodmerKarl BodmerKarl Bodmer was a Swiss painter of the American West. He accompanied German explorer Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 through 1834 on his Missouri River expedition...
(1809–1893), lithographer, draughtsman, illustrator and painter - Adolphe Maugendre (1809–1895), lithographer and engraver
- Polyclès Langlois (1813–1872), engraver, draughtsman and painter
- Charles BlancCharles BlancCharles Blanc was a French art critic, brother of Louis Blanc. After the February Revolution of 1848, he was director of the department for the visual arts at the ministry of the interior...
(1813–1882), historian, art critic and engraver - Charles JacqueCharles JacqueCharles-Emile Jacque was a French painter of animals and engraver who was, with Jean-François Millet, part of the Barbizon School...
(1813–1894), animal painter and engraver - Léon Gaucherel (1816–1886), engraver
- Charles MarvilleCharles Marville-Biography:Charles Marville was the pseudonym of Charles François Bossu , a French photographer who mainly photographed architecture and landscapes. He used both paper and glass negatives...
(1816–1879), painter, engraver, photographer - Charles-André Malardot (1817–1879), painter and engraver
- Aimé de Lemud (1817–1887), painter, engraver, and lithographer
- Amédée Varin (1818–1883), engraver
- Jacques Adrien Lavieille (1818–1862), engraver on wood
- Alphonse Leroy (1820–1902), engraver
- Charles MeryonCharles MéryonCharles Méryon , was a French artist, who worked almost entirely in etching, as he suffered from colour-blindness. Although now little-known in the English-speaking world, he is generally recognised as the most significant etcher of 19th century France. He also suffered from mental illness, dying...
(1821–1868), engraver - Hector GiacomelliHector GiacomelliHector Giacomelli, born in Paris on April 1, 1822 and died in Menton on December 1, 1904. He was a French watercolorist,engraver and illustrator, best known for his paintings of birds.-Biography:...
(1822–1904), painter, watercolorist, illustrator and engraver - Ovide Gautier (1822–1896), engraver
- François Chifflart (1825–1901), painter and draughtsman
- Pierre-Auguste Lamy (1827–1880), engraver, lithographer and watercolorist
- Émile Frédéric Nicolle (1830–1894), painter and engraver
- Adolphe Bellevoye (1830–1908), draughtsman and engraver
- Léopold Flameng (1831–1911), engraver, illustrator and painter
- Gustave DoréGustave DoréPaul Gustave Doré was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.-Biography:...
(1832–1883), engraver - Edgar DegasEdgar DegasEdgar Degas[p] , born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist...
(1834–1917), painter, engraver, sculptor and photographer - James TissotJames TissotJames Jacques Joseph Tissot was a French painter, who spent much of his career in Britain.-Biography:Tissot was born in Nantes, France. In about 1856, he began study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Hippolyte Flandrin and Lamothe, and became friendly with Edgar Degas and James Abbott...
(1836–1902), painter and engraver - Henri Fantin-LatourHenri Fantin-LatourHenri Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.-Biography:...
(1836–1904), painter and lithographer - Jules ChéretJules ChéretJules Chéret was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of Belle Époque poster art. He has been called the father of the modern poster. -Biography:...
(1836–1932), painter, poster artist and lithographer - Alphonse LegrosAlphonse LegrosAlphonse Legros , painter, etcher and sculptor was born in Dijon. His father was an accountant, and came from the neighbouring village of Véronnes....
(1837–1911), painter and engraver - Adolphe Lalauze (1838–1905), illustrator, painter and engraver
- Jules-Clément ChaplainJules-Clément ChaplainJules-Clément Chaplain was a French sculptor and one of its finest medallists. With Louis Oscar Roty he helped found the Art Nouveau movement....
(1839–1909), engraver - Odilon RedonOdilon RedonBertrand-Jean Redon, better known as Odilon Redon was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist.-Life:...
(1840–1916), painter, engraver and pastelist - Edme-Jean Pigal (1798–1872), painter, engraver, lithographer
19th-century (Impression and Fauvism)
- Léon Barillot (1844–1929), engraver and painter
- Jules Adeline (1845–1909), historian, draughtsman architect and engraver
- Eugène GrassetEugène GrassetEugène Samuel Grasset was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design.-Biography:...
(1845–1917), engraver, poster artist and decorator - Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934), painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, and engraver
- Eugène-André Champollion (1848–1901), engraver
- Eugène CarrièreEugène CarrièreEugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the Fin de siècle period. His work is best known for its brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influenced Picasso...
(1849–1906), painter and lithographer - Henri Toussaint (1849–1911), painter, illustrator and engraver
- Auguste-Louis LepèreAuguste-Louis LepèreAuguste-Louis Lepère was a French painter and etcher. Auguste Lepere is also considered the leader in the creative revival of wood engraving in Europe.-Biography:...
(1849–1918), painter and engraver - Jean-Louis ForainJean-Louis ForainJean-Louis Forain was a French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher.-Overview:Forain was born in Reims, Marne but at age eight, his family moved to Paris. He began his career working as a caricaturist for several Paris journals including Le Monde Parisien and Le rire...
(1852–1931), painter, illustrator and engraver - Adolphe WilletteAdolphe WilletteAdolphe-Léon Willette was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer. Willette ran as an "anti-semitic" candidate in the 19th arrondisement of Paris for the 1889 elections.-Biography:...
(1857–1926), illustrator, caricaturist and engraver - Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1923), painter, draughtsman and lithographer
- George AuriolGeorge AuriolGeorge Auriol, born Jean-Georges Huyot , was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist...
(1863–1938), journalist, poet, painter and engraver - Henri Bellery-DesfontainesHenri Bellery-DesfontainesHenri Bellery-Desfontaines was a French Art Nouveau painter, decorator and illustrator renowned for his posters, lithographs, tapestries, furniture, bank note designs, typography, and other works of decorative arts.- Career :Henri Bellery-Desfontaines is thought to have began his artistic training...
(1867–1909), painter, illustrator, poster artist, lithographer, draughtsman, architect and engraver - Jean Coraboeuf (1870–1947), painter and engraver
- Edgar Chahine (1874–1947), painter, illustrator and engraver
- René Péan (1875–1955), painter and lithographer
- Charles Dufresne (1876–1938), painter, engraver and decorator
20th-century (before World War II)
- Jacques VillonJacques VillonJacques Villon was a French cubist painter and printmaker.-Early life:Born Gaston Emile Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France, he came from a prosperous and artistically inclined family...
(1875–1963), painter and engraver - Adolphe Beaufrère (1876–1960), painter and engraver
- Jean Émile Laboureur (1877–1943), painter, draughtsman, engraver and illustrator
- Raoul DufyRaoul DufyRaoul Dufy[p] was a French Fauvist painter. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events...
(1877–1953), painter, draughtsman, illustrator, ceramist, decorator and engraver - Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878–1951), engraver-medallist
- Paul Adrien Bouroux (1878–1967), painter, illustrator and engraver
- Jean Frélaut (1879–1954), painter, engraver and illustrator
- Raymond Renefer (1879–1957), painter and engraver
- Henry Cheffer (1880–1957), painter and engraver
- Maurice Victor Achener (1881–1963), painter and engraver
- Raoul Serres (1881–1971), illustrator and engraver
- Marie LaurencinMarie LaurencinMarie Laurencin was a French painter and printmaker. -Biography:Laurencin was born in Paris, where she was raised by her mother and lived much of her life. At 18, she studied porcelain painting in Sèvres...
(1883–1956), painter and engraver - Jean MetzingerJean MetzingerJean Metzinger was a French painter.Metzinger was born in Nantes, France. Initially he was influenced by Fauvism and Impressionism, but from 1908 he was associated with Cubism. Metzinger was a member of the Section d'Or group of artists...
(1883–1956), painter, engraver - Charles Forget (1886–1960), painter, engraver
- Raymond Renefer painter, engraver
- Edmond-Marie Poullain (1878–1951), painter and engraver
20th-century (post-World War II)
- Henri-Georges AdamHenri-Georges AdamHenri-Georges Adam was a French engraver and non-figurative sculptor of the École de Paris, who was also involved in the creation of numerous monumental tapestries...
(1904–1967), engraver and sculptor - Pierre AlbuissonPierre AlbuissonPierre Albuisson is a French postage stamp engraver and designer.- Biography :1970's he studied in the École des Beaux-Arts in Mâcon...
(1952–), draughtsman and engraver - Yves Alix (1890–1969), painter, engraver
- Louttre B. (1926–), painter and engraver
- Hervé Baille (1896–1974), draughtsman and engraver
- André Barre, engraver
- Hans BellmerHans BellmerHans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for the life-sized pubescent female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer.-Biography:...
(1902–1975), sculptor, photographer, engraver - Pierre Béquet (1932–), draughtsman and engraver
- Jean BertholleJean BertholleJean Bertholle was a French painter of the new Paris School....
(1909–1996), painter - Gérard Blanchard (1927–1998), typographer, and engraver
- Francis Domenget (1926–1993), engraver
- Elsa Catelin (1975–), engraver
- Jean Chièze (1898–1975), engraver on wood
- René Cottet (1902–1992), painter and engraver
- Pierre Courtin (1921–), painter and engraver
- Xavier Degans (1949–), painter, sculptor, and lithographer
- Christian d'Espic (1901–1978), painter-engraver
- Jean Feugereux (1923–1992), painter-engraver
- Marcel Fiorini (1922–), painter and engraver
- Albert Flocon (1909–1994), engraver
- Pierre Forget (1923–2005), engraver
- Johnny FriedlaenderJohnny FriedlaenderJohnny Friedlaender was a leading 20th century artist, whose works have been exhibited in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Japan and the United States. He has been influential upon other notable artists, who were students in his Paris gallery...
(1912–1992), painter and engraver - Henri GoetzHenri GoetzHenri Bernard Goetz was a French American Surrealist painter and engraver. He is known for his artwork, as well as for inventing the carborundum printmaking process. His work is represented in more than 100 galleries worldwide.-Early life:Goetz was born in New York in 1909. His father ran an...
(1909–1989), painter and engraver - Cécile GuillameCécile GuillameCécile Guillame was the first woman who engraved French postal stamps.During the 1950s, she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Nancy and Paris where she chose the art of engraving...
(1933–2004), engraver - André Jacquemin (1904–1992), painter and engraver
- Ariane Laroux, illustrator, portraitist, painter and engraver
- André Lavergne (1946–), engraver
- Max LeognanyMax LeognanyMax Leognany was a French artist.He grew up in Yport-sur-Mer, and as a young man entered the École des Beaux-Arts ....
(1913–1994), painter, engraver, sculptor - Erik Levesque (1960–), painter and engraver
- Ève LuquetÈve LuquetÈve Luquet is a stamp designer and engraver. She had been designing stamps for the Andorran French post and France since 1986....
(1954–), designer and engraver - Jeanne MalivelJeanne MalivelJeanne Malivel was a Breton designer and illustrator who inspired the Breton nationalist art movement Seiz Breur.Originally from Loudéac, she revived the art of woodblock printing in her illustrations for the Breton nationalist book The History of our Brittany by Jeanne Coroller-Danio in 1922...
(1895–1926), decorator and engraver - Alfred ManessierAlfred ManessierAlfred Manessier was a non-figurative French painter, stained glass artist, and tapestry designer, part of the new Paris School and the Salon de Mai.-Biography:...
(1911–1993), painter - Maoual (1959–), painter and engraver
- Philippe Mohlitz (1941-) engraver and sculptor
- Gen PaulGen PaulGen Paul , was a French painter and engraver.-Biography:Born as Eugène Paul in a house in Montmartre on the Rue Lepic painted by Van Gogh, he began drawing and painting as a child. His father died when he was only ten years old and Gen Paul was trained to work in decorative furnishings...
(1898–1975), painter, engraver - Jean Plichart (1950–2006), painter and engraver
- René QuillivicRené QuillivicRené Quillivic was a French sculptor whose art expressed Breton cultural identity.-Life:René Quillivic was born on the 13th May 1879 in the town of Plouhinec, Finistère, in a small house bordering one side of what is currently known as the "Place Jean Cosquer". He came from a family of fishermen,...
(1925–), sculptor and engraver - Alfred-Georges RegnerAlfred-Georges RegnerAlfred-Georges Regner , was a French surrealist painter and engraver.-Books of Regner's work:* Georges Turpin. A-G. Regner. Les palettes nouvelles. Paris: R. Debresse, 1951. ...
(1902–1987), painter and engraver - Jean-Claude Reynal (1938–1988), draughtsman and engraver
- Théo Schmied (1900–1985), engraver
- Louis-Joseph Soulas (1905–1954), painter-engraver
- Pierre-Yves TrémoisPierre-Yves TrémoisPierre-Yves Trémois is a French visual artist and sculptor. He is known for evocative works drawing in equal proportions on surrealism and science illustration, and for combining graphic precision and rigor with flamboyant fantasy....
(1921–), painter, engraver and sculptor - Pierre Turin (1891–1968), engraver-medallist
- Raoul UbacRaoul UbacRaoul Ubac was a French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver.In 1937, he made Tete du Mannequin, a photograph taken of a mannequin consisting of everyday objects. Another of his work's include the photograph 'La Conciliabule'...
(1910–1985), painter - Louis Vuillermoz (1923–), painter and lithographer
- Zao Wou-Ki (1921–), photographer, calligrapher, sculptor, engraver