François Émile Michel (19 July 1828 – 23 May 1909) was a French

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and

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. Born in Metz, Michel became a student of

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and Laurent-Charles Maréchal, the stained glass painter, and began to exhibit in 1853. Among Michel's masterpieces are ''Une Gardense d'Oies'' (1853) and ''Unit d'ete'' (1872). He wrote for the ''

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'' and other periodicals. His most famous book is on the life and works of

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. His other books include ''Les Brueghel'' and ''Paul Potter''. He was elected a member of the

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in 1892. He died in

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Paintings

* ''Bords de la Couse à Saillan'', musée de Soissons * ''Dans la lande'', Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille * ''Le Torrent de Cerveyrieux dans l'Ain'',

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* ''Semailles d'automne'', musée du Louvre

Publications

* '' La Forêt de Fontainebleau dans la nature, dans l’histoire, dans la littérature et dans l’art'', Renouard, Paris, 1909. * ''Les Maîtres du paysage'', Hachette, Paris, 1906. * ''Essais sur l’histoire de l’art, Société d’édition artistique'', Paris, 1900. * ''

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, sa vie, son œuvre et son temps'', Hachette, Paris, 1900. * ''

. Sa vie, son œuvre et son temps'', Hachette, paris, 1893.English translation from 1894
''Rembrandt, his life, his work and his time'' on

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* ''

Jacob van Ruysdael Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (; 1629 – 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural ac ...

et les Paysagistes de l’École de Harlem'', Librairie de l’art, Paris, 1892. * ''Les Brueghel''. Paris : Librairie de l’art, 1892 * '' Hobbéma et les Paysagistes de son temps en Hollande'', Librairie de l’art, Paris, 1890. * '' Le Musée de Cologne''. Paris : J. Rouam, 1884. * ''Étude historique et critique sur le musée de peinture de la ville de Metz'', Blanc, Metz, 1868.

References

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