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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

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

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

Latour was the greatest pastellist of the eighteenth century, and he never attempted more than a drawing heightened with colour.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)

As painter, pastellist and wood-engraver he has produced since 1870, and has won for himself the first place among French engravers.

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