Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (7 January 1852 – 3 July 1929) was a French painter, one of the leading members of the

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school.

Biography

Photograph of Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret painting The Pardon in Brittany while a model by the name of Walter poses

He was born in Paris, the son of a tailor, and was raised by his grandfather after his father emigrated to Brazil. Later he added his grandfather's name, Bouveret, to his own. He became one of the leading French artists of the naturalist school and painted several paintings depicting Brittany. From 1869 he studied at the

École des Beaux-Arts ; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...

under

Alexandre Cabanel Alexandre Cabanel (; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French Painting, painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the Academic art, academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon ...

and

Jean-Léon Gérôme Jean-Léon Gérôme (; 11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academic painting, academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living art ...

. From 1875 he exhibited at the Salon, where in 1880 he won the first-class medal for the painting "An Accident" and a medal of honour in 1885 for "Horses at the Watering Trough". From the 1880s Dagnan-Bouveret along with Gustave Courtois, maintained a studio in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a fashionable suburb of Paris. By that time he was recognized as a leading modern artist known for his peasant scenes, but also for his mystical-religious compositions. His large-scale painting "The Last Supper" was exhibited at the Salon de Champ-de-Mars in 1896. He was one of the first to use the then new medium of photography to bring greater realism to his paintings. In 1891 he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and in 1900 he became a member of the Institut de France. A number of his pictures were purchased by the British art collector

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, including The Madonna and Child 1880, Dans Le Foret, and a copy of La Cene (The Last Supper). Dagnan-Bouveret was a close friend of the Finnish artist

Albert Edelfelt Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905) was a Finnish Painting, painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realism (arts), Realist approach to art. He lived in the Grand Duchy of Finland and made Finnish culture visib ...

. They met during their studies in Paris in the 1870s and were part of the artist circle around

Jules Bastien-Lepage Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that grew out of the Realist movement and paved the way for the development of impressioni ...

together with

Gustave Courtois Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art. Early life and education C ...

, among others.

Works

File:The Burial of Manon Lescaut by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret.png, ''The Burial of

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'', 1878 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Orpheus' Sorrow.jpg, ''

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' Sorrow'', 1876 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - A Young Man and Woman Gaze Out a Window.jpg, ''A Young Man and Woman Gaze Out a Window'', 1877 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Le petit Savoyard mangeant devant l'entrée d'une maison (1877).jpg, ''The Little Savoyard Eating in front of an Entrance to a House'', 1877 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Wedding in the Photographer’s Studio.jpg, ''Wedding in the Photographer’s Studio'', 1879 File:Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret - An Accident - Walters 3749.jpg, ''An Accident'', 1879 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Gustave Courtois dans son atelier.jpg, ''Sulking -

in his studio'', 1880 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Blessing of the Young Couple Before Marriage (1880-1881).jpg, ''Blessing of the Young Couple Before Marriage'', 1880–81 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Jeune femme en rose avec son enfant.jpg, ''Young Woman in Pink with her Child'', 1882 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Hamlet and the Gravediggers.jpg, ''

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and the Gravediggers'', 1883 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - The Duet.jpg, ''The Duet'', 1883 File:Madonna of the Rose MET 06.1233.2.jpg, ''

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of the Rose'', 1885 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Le pain bénit.jpg, ''The

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'', 1885 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - A Woman from Bern, Switzerland.jpg, ''A Woman from Bern, Switzerland'', 1887, portrait of the artist's wife File:Madone À La Treille (Dagnan-Bouveret).jpg, ''Madone À La Treille'' (Madonna of the Grapevine), 1888 File:Dagnan Bouveret Les Conscrits.jpg, ''The Conscripts'', 1889 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Watercolourist in the Louvre.jpg, ''Watercolourist in the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

'', c. 1889 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - In the Meadow.jpg, ''In the Meadow'', 1892 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret-Dans la forêt-Musée des beaux-arts de Nancy.jpg, ''In the Forest'', 1892 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Christ and the Pilgrims at Emmaus.jpg, ''Christ and the Pilgrims at

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'', 1898 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Consolatrix Afflictorium.jpg, '' Consolatrix Afflictorium'', 1899 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Ophelia.jpg, ''

Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's actions, Ophelia ultima ...

'', 1900 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - On the Summit.jpg, ''On the Summit'', 1903 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Chimères.jpg, ''Chimères'' File:Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret - Willows by a Stream - 24.216 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''Willows by a Stream'', 1908 File:Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Marguerite au sabbat.png, ''Marguerite au Sabbat'', 1911 File:Dagnan-Bouveret, Saint-Trophime à Arles.jpg, '' Saint-Trophime à Arles'', 1914 File:Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret Primavera.jpg, ''Primavera'' (1914), oil on canvas, 68 x 34 7/16 in. (172.7 x 87.5 cm),

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal 1852 births 1929 deaths Painters from Paris 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French portrait painters French genre painters French male painters Prix de Rome for painting École des Beaux-Arts alumni Officers of the Legion of Honour Members of the Ligue de la patrie française Honorary members of the Royal Academy 19th-century French male artists

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