Oil on canvas, Vensie fin du jour, by Maurie BOMPARD
Oil on canvas, Vensie fin du jour, by Maurie BOMPARD
4.800,00 €
BOMPARD Maurice
Born 1857 0 Rodez (Aveyron). Died in 1936 in Rodez.
Genre painting, typical scenes, cityscapes, still lifes, flowers. Orientalists.
He was a pupil of Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1878, and took part in the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900 and the Exposition Coloniale in Marseille in 1906.
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| Dimensions | 80 × 59 cm |
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A member of the Société des Peintres orientalistes français, he exhibited his work at the Salon des Artistes algériens et orientalistes in Algiers.
A travel grant, obtained in 1882, enabled him to visit Germany, Italy, Tunisia and Spain. Between 1890 and 1900, he stayed in Biskra, where he painted scenes of daily life.
He was made a knight and, in 1914, an officer of the Legion of Honor.
He painted flowers, numerous views and typical scenes of Algeria. Above all, he specialized in landscapes and picturesque genre scenes of Venice, which seduced critics and collectors alike with his lively, cheerful touch.
Bibliogr: Lynne Thornton: Les Orientalistes peintres voyageurs, ACR Edition, Paris 1994.
MUSEUMS :
Marseille: (M.desB.A): Les débuts à l'atelier- La Favorite - Scène de Harem
Mulhouse: La Basilique Saint-Marc, Venice
Paris: (M.N d'Art.Moderne): Composition Religieuse
Le Puy-en-Velay: Les Tripiers de la Calle della Madona, Venice
Tourcoing: Souvenir de Biskra.