Artist: Constantin Guys (1802 - 1892)
Nationality: French
Movement: Realism
Media: Illustration
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Biography:
Constantin Guys spent most of his early life traveling and working various jobs. He fought in the Greek War of Independence in the 1820’s. Then in 1855, he worked for the Illustrated London News as a correspondent for the Crimean War. He settled in Paris later that decade and began publishing drawings of society life in several journals. He was admired by a number of famous artists of his day, including Degas, Manet, and Baudelaire. The latter gave Guys the nickname The Painter of Modern Life and wrote an essay about him with the same title. Despite his reputation, Guys struggled to make a living and died in poverty.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (35)
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Constantin E.A.H. Guys Two Mounted Officers watercolor 19th century
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Artist: Constantin Guys Title: The Lady in Black Date: 19th century Medium: ink, watercolor wash
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Artist: Constantin Guys Title: French Sapper Date: 19th century Medium: pen, ink, watercolor Dimensions: H.6-1/4
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Gilbert Constantin Guys SoirÈe chez Paul Poiret ink, pen and watercolor 19th - 20th century
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Henri Patrice Dillon Poster for Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolors by the French Artist, Constantin Guys Lithograph poster 19th - 20th century
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Constantin Guys - Proclamation from the Town Hall 1850 ink Arkansas Arts Center French
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Constantin Emile Meunier The Docker bronze 19th - 20th century
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Constantin Emile Meunier Mineurs du Borinage Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Dancing Maenad
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P. Ruga Basilica de St. Paul, Rome, erige par Constantin le Grand Etching 1824
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P. Ruga Basilica de St. Pierre au Vatican, erige par Constantin le Grand, Rome Etching 1824
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Paul Pontius Portrait of Constantin Huygens, Seigneur de Zuylechem Engraving 17th century
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Dennis Miller Bunker, American, 1861-1890 George Augustus Gardner 1888 Oil on canvas 111.76 x 91.44
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Constantin Brancusi - Suffering 1907 bronze The Art Institute of Chicago Romanian
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Constantin Brancusi - The Newborn 1920 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Two Penquins 1911-14 marble The Art Institute of Chicago Romanian
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Constantin Brancusi - The Cock 1924 cherry The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Socrates 1922 oak The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Fish 1930 blue-gray marble The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Jean-Antoine Constantin - Bridge at Subiaco c. 1777 oil on paper The National Gallery, London French
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Constantin Brancusi - Golden Bird 1919-20 bronze, stone, and w The Art Institute of Chicago Romanian
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Constantin Brancusi - Beginning of the World c. 1920-21 marble, metal and st Dallas Museum of Art French
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Constantin Brancusi - Mlle Pogany 1913 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Male Torso 1917 brass Cleveland Museum of Art Romanian
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Constantin Brancusi - Bird in Space c. 1941 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Blond Negress II 1933 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Young Bird 1928 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Constantin Brancusi - Bird in Space 1928 bronze The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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D. Huot Constantin Nicolaevitch...Third plate in the book...[Titles in Russian and French]... Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847) Lithograph 18th - 19th centu
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Constantin Brancusi - Endless Column 1918 oak The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Bust of Christ
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Florence Meyer
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Bird in Space, 1923 Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania, 1876-1957)Marble; (with base) H. 56-3/4, Diam.
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Rose Rolando
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Kouros, 1944-45 Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904-1988)Marble; H. 117 in. (297.2 cm) Base: D. 34-1/8, W.

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Arts Guy's SUITS: The Clothes Make The Man
Inspired by the increasing visibility of corporate sponsors at athletic competitions and well aware that public support for the arts is dwindling, The Art Guys decided to sell advertising space on their own bodies. That's how the Suits project was...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Mentals III
These eclectic and vibrant works, inspired by literally thousands of places and people encountered throughout the band's career, prove once and for all that Mental as Anything are not just great musicians but great artists in their own right. ...
Tacoma Art Museum: ALMOST WARM AND FUZZY: CHILDHOOD AND CONTEMPORARY ART
In Charles Long's Sundae Sculpting School, visitors can create shapes and visions from chocolate-colored clay. Confetti will sail from the cannons aboard Joseph Schneider's galleon, a colorful ship ...
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: ALMOST WARM AND FUZZY: Childhood and Contemporary Art
The exhibition features several kinetic and interactive pieces. Among the many captivating installation works are: Sandy Skoglund’s Shimmering Madness, a d...
PS1 Contemporary Art Center: Disasters of War
The selections included in this exhibition are from Darger’s series of watercolors The Realms of the Unreal with many never before seen in public exhibition. The ...
Kunsthalle Zurich: Oliver Payne and Nick Relph: Films Since 1999
In their exhibition at Kunsthalle Zurich, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph are screening their first film, "Driftwood" (1999) and their most recent, "Gentlemen" (2003). Both are set in their native London, but could stand for any other big city and the r...

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Constantin Guys Online
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Constantin Guys - Wikipedia NL
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12.03- Constantin Guys - Nicolò Amati

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