Abel-Dominique Boyé

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Abel-Dominique Boyé , (born May 6, 1864 in Marmande , † 1934 ibid) was a French genre and nude painter.

Boyé studied from 1881 at the École des beaux-arts de Bordeaux and continued his studies from 1883 at the École des beaux-arts de Paris with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant .

After graduating, he worked as a freelance genre and nude painter. From 1884 he exhibited in the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français , where he received a 3rd class medal in 1888 and a gold medal in 1895. In 1895 he received a travel grant from the Ministry of Public Education and Fine Arts.

He showed his works at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 and 1900 . He also exhibited in Barcelona, ​​Brussels, London, Geneva and Lyon.

In 1930 he was appointed officer of the Legion of Honor .

literature

  • Emmanuel Bénézit (founder); Jacques Busse (Ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays  : 3rd ed. 1976, vol. 2, p. 257

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