French Artists and Explorers

By Maureen A. Taylor Premium

French artists

CLAUDE MONET

Poplars, near Argenteuil

© OBURSTEIN

COLLECTION/CORBISS

PIERRE-AUGUST RENIOR

Ball at the Moulin dle la Galette

© THE BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY

PAUL GAUGUIN

Young Breton Woman

© FRANCIS G.MAYER/CORBIS

GEORGES SEURAT

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande jatte

© THE BRIDGEMAN ART LLIBRAR

PAUL CEZANNE

House with Cracked Wall

© GEOFFREY CLEMNTS/CORBIS

French explorers

JACQUES CARTIER

1491-1557

© CORBIS

SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN

1567-1635

© CORBIS

JACQUES MARQUETTE

1637-1675

© CORBIS

JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU

1910-1997

© BETTMANN/CORNIS

From the June 2001 issue of Family Tree Magazine

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