Gustave Boulanger
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – October 1888) was a French figure painter known for his classical and Orientalist subjects.
Life
Boulanger was born at Paris in 1824. He studied with Delaroche and Jollivet, and in 1849 took the Prix de Rome.[1] His paintings are prime examples of academic art of the time, particularly history painting. Boulanger had visited Italy, Greece, and North Africa, and his paintings reflect his attention to culturally correct details and skill in rendering the female form.[2] His works include a Moorish Cafe (1848), Cæsar at the Rubicon (1865), the Promenade in the Street of Tombs, Pompeii (1869), and The Slave Market (1888). The recipient of many medals, he became a member of the Institut de France in 1882.[1]
Pupils
Boulanger taught at Académie Julian,[3] among his students were :
- Jules Benoit-Lévy
- Walter Lofthouse Dean
- Ernst Friedrich von Liphart[4]
- Théophile Poilpot
- Osman Hamdi Bey
- Alexander Ignatius Roche,[5] one of the Glasgow Boys
- Albert Beck Wenzell,[6]
References
- 1 2 "Boulanger, Gustave". New International Encyclopaedia. 3. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1906. pp. 861–62. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ↑ Masler, Marilyn (2009). "Embracing the Academic Tradition". In Masler, Marilyn; Pacini, Marina. Carl Gutherz: Poetic Vision and Academic Ideals. Jackson, Tennessee: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-0-915525-11-9.
- ↑ (fr) Gallica . French archives
- ↑ Ernst Friedrich von Liphart, RusArtnet, retrieved 1 January 2014
- ↑ http://www.caltongallery.co.uk/Artist.aspx?id=Artist.ROCHE
- ↑ http://americanartgallery.org/artist/readmore/id/609
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "article name needed". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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