Léon Bazille Perrault
Léon Bazille Perrault
Léon-Jean-Bazille Perrault (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, 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.
Gallery
La Baigneuse, 1875
Sleeping Putto, 1882
Vénus à la colombe, 1908
External links
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- 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
- - Catalogue Raisonné for the Complete Works of Leon Bazile Perrault
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