Henri-Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross, born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, was a French painter and printmaker. He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that movement. He was a significant influence on Henri Matisse and many other artists. His work was instrumental in the development of Fauvism.

20 May 1856

Born on the same birth day (20 May): Andreas Miaoulis • Bonne of Luxembourg • Chandrashekarendra Saraswati • Christophe Dominici • Levinus Lemnius • Pietro Bembo • Roger Milla • Sumitranandan Pant • T. Rex (band)

Born in the same month (May 1856): José Batlle y Ordóñez • L. Frank Baum • Louis Franchet d'Espèrey • Matthias Zurbriggen • Pedro Lascuráin • Robert Peary • Sigmund Freud • Tom O'Rourke (boxing manager)