Constantin Guys

Constantin Guys
Nadar, Public domain

(1802–1892) French painter (1802-1892)

Constantin Guys (France, 1802–1892) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Constantin Guys belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Constantin Guys was born in Vlissingen and died in Paris.

One of the best-known works is ‘In The Street’. The catalogue has 20 works by Constantin Guys with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1854. Works by Constantin Guys are held by drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Albertina.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jan Nepomucen Głowacki, Wincenty Kasprzycki, Hermann Goldschmidt, Wilhelm von Kügelgen, and Heinrich Bürkel.