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He was a child prodigy and was making money in Bath as a pastellist from the age of 11.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2010

Gr�try and Latour, an eminent pastellist, often came to these dinners at Le Moine's, which were highly convivial and amusing.

From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth

She is a pastellist of note, and some of her pastels are as good as Manet's and Degas's, so far as broad execution and brilliancy and delicacy of tones are concerned.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille

His was not a romantic or a graceful figure among his contemporaries, the pastellist La Tour, Fragonard, and the rest, nor had his personality a jot of the mysterious melancholy of Watteau.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

In the Salon of 1870 was shown the portrait of Eva Gonzal�s, the charming pastellist and pupil of Manet, and the impressive Execution of Maximilian at Queretaro.

From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille