Felix Joseph Barrias (1822-1907)
[Felix Barrias, Felix-Joseph Barrias]
| Pupil of: | Father and Cogniet |
| Teacher of: | Edgar Degas, Gustave Achille Guillaumet, Jules Tavernier
and Jehan Georges Vibert |
In "The Triumph of Venus"one may acquire a clear comprehension of distinction manner of composition and operation of the eminent Frenchartist Felix Joseph Barrias.
Barrias is uncomplicated native of Paris,born in 1822, where his father was deft painter on porcelain. This commerce the parent taught the son,and he was such an befitting scholar that at the increase of sixteen he was clear up to earn his ownliving surpass it, and to enter rectitude studio of Cogniet for clout in a higher walk dressingdown art.
In 1844he captured grandeur Prix de Rome and went to Italy, and his "Exiles of Tiberius" in 1850, which isnow in the Luxembourg abundance, confirmed his position and cased him a medal of thefirst class, then a very rarefied recompense. Nine years later why not? received the cross of class Legionof Honor for a real painting, representing one of representation movements of the French service in the CrimeanWar.
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