Paul Cornoyer
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Paul Cornoyer was an American
painter, currently best known for his popularly reproduced paintings in an Impressionist and sometimes pointillist style.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
, Cornoyer began painting in Barbizon
style and first exhibited in 1887. He taught at Mechanics Institute of New York and in 1917, he moved to Massachusetts, where he continued to teach and paint.
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painter, currently best known for his popularly reproduced paintings in an Impressionist and sometimes pointillist style.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, Cornoyer began painting in Barbizon
Barbizon school
The Barbizon school of painters were part of a movement towards realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870...
style and first exhibited in 1887. He taught at Mechanics Institute of New York and in 1917, he moved to Massachusetts, where he continued to teach and paint.