François-Auguste Biard
François-Auguste Biard (born June 29, 1799 in Lyon , † June 20, 1882 in Fontainebleau ) was a French painter .
Life
François-Auguste Biard got his first drawing lessons from the painter Pierre Révoil (1776–1842), the head of the school in Lyon, who urged him to continue his studies in Paris . On his travels he painted oriental landscapes - and genre scenes , sometimes in a romantic and ethnographic-factual style.
The genre painter exhibited his works repeatedly at the Paris Salon between 1818 and 1861 . In 1838 Biard was awarded the Grand-croix de la Légion d'Honneur .
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| SURNAME | Biard, François-Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1882 |
| Place of death | Fontainebleau |