Impressionist painter, born in Paris, France. A clerk who painted as a hobby, he met Cézanne at the Académie Suisse (1861) and exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition (1874) and most later exhibitions by the group. A friend of Gaugin, Pissarro, and van Gogh, in 1891 he won 100 000 francs in a lottery and devoted himself to painting. Regarded as one of the minor Impressionists, his later work was closer to Fauvism. His works include La Place Valhubert, Paris (1875, Musée d'Orsay, Paris).
Armand Guillaumin (February 16, 1841 – June 26, 1927), was a French impressionist painter and lithographer.
Born Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin in Paris, France, he worked at a relative's lingerie shop and for a French government railway before studying at the Académie Suisse in 1861.
Guillaumin exhibited at the Salon des Refusés in 1863 and later became a friend of Vincent van Gogh whose brother, Theo sold some of his works.
Noted for his intense colors, major museums around the world display Guillaumin's art.
Armand Guillaumin died in 1927 in Orly, Val-de-Marne just south of Paris.
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