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Also Known As	Jules-François-Félix Husson
Born	September 17, 1821 • Laon • France
Died	December 6, 1889 (aged 68) • Sèvres • France
Notable Works	“Le Réalisme”
Subjects Of Study	painting • realism • Gustave Courbet

Louis-Alexandre Chatrian

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Edmond Goncourt

French author

Jules Goncourt

French author

Honoré de Balzac

French author

Gustave Flaubert

French author

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Joris-Karl Huysmans

French author

Eugène Fromentin

French painter and author

Émile Erckmann

French author

Jérôme Tharaud

French writer

Jean Tharaud

French writer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Swiss-born French philosopher

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Victor Hugo

French writer

Stendhal

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Honoré Daumier

French artist

Denis Diderot

French philosopher

Émile Zola

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Édouard Manet

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Marcel Proust

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