
Family tree of Léon PERRAULT
Painter
Born Léon PERRAULT
French painter
Born on June 14, 1832 in Poitiers, Vienne , France
Died on August 6, 1908 in Royan, Charente-Maritime , France
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... Léon-Jean-Bazille Perrault (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ pɛʁo]; Poitiers 16 June 1832 – 1908 Royan) was a French academic painter.
Biography
He was born to a modest family. A student of William Bouguereau and François-Edouard Picot, one of his earliest works is the 1861 The Death of Priam and he exhibited at the Salon from 1863 onwards, producing many genre works which were immensely popular. He was famous for his le petit naufragé (The little shipwrecked boy, 1874) and his paintings of children.
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External links
Sleeping Putto, 1882 - Rehs Galleries' biography on Leon Perrault and an image of his painting Sleeping Putto.
Léon Bazile Perrault at the Art Renewal Center
[1] - Catalogue Raisonné for the Complete Works of Leon Bazile Perrault
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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