Gustave Boulanger
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Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (born April 25, 1824 in Paris , † September 22, 1888 there ) was a French painter . His work belongs to the so-called salon painting and can partly be assigned to orientalism .
life and work
Boulanger was a student of the painters Paul Delaroche and Pierre Jules Jollivet at the École des Beaux-Arts . At the age of 30 he went on an almost two-year study trip to and through Italy . In Rome he had a great success with his work Caesar at Rubico , which he was able to continue on his return to Paris. His first works in France included Maestro Palestrina , Der Araber and Die Kabylen , which received a lot of public attention.
Many of the sketches made during his study trip became preparatory work for his works with ancient motifs, such as for Lucretia , Lesbia and The Pompeian Wreath Merchant . His subjects were similar to those of his painter colleague Jean-Léon Gérôme and inspired Napoléon III. , who then commissioned Boulanger to design his Parisian palace in the “ Pompeian style ”. The painter died in Paris in 1888 at the age of 62.
student
- Maurice Bompard (1857-1936)
- Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854-1922)
Works (selection)
- Caesar on Rubico
- Maestro Palestrina (1857)
- The Arab (1861)
- The Kabyle (1863)
- The riders of the Sahara (1864)
- Lucretia
- Lesbia
- The Pompeian wreath dealer
- The slave market (before 1882)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boulanger, Gustave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boulanger, Gustave Clarence Rodolphe (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1888 |
| Place of death | Paris |