Jean Antoine Armand Vergeaud (3 August 1876,

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- 1949,

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?) was a French Orientalist painter.

Biography

He studied at the

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. He sent most of his works to be exhibited at the

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in Paris. In 1932, he was named a Knight in the

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.Documentation
@ the Base Leonore He was married to Eva Peyronnet, daughter of the sculptor, Émile Peyronnet (1872-1956), who was also from Angoulême.

References

* Béatrice Rolin, ''Armand Vergeaud (1876-1949): parcours d'un peintre entre tradition et modernité'', Germa, 1997

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Biographical notes
@ "Peintres Orientalistes Français" {{DEFAULTSORT:Vergeaud, Armand 1876 births 1949 deaths 19th-century French painters French orientalists French emigrants to Tunisia People from Angoulême 20th-century French painters