Maurice Bompard (painter)
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Jean Maurice Bompard (11 February 1857 – 1936) was a French Orientalist painter; one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Français.
Biography
He was born in
Not long after returning, in 1889, he married Amélie Perretti, and they immediately set off for a three-month stay in Biskra. He would go there every winter for the next few years, until 1893, when the local people became suspicious of his activities.[citation needed] After that, until 1908, he wintered in Venice. In his later years, he was a free-lance artist in Paris.
Bompard's Orientalist works depicted scenes from daily life; notably The Butchers of Chetma, which was presented at the Salon in 1890.[1] He also created numerous views of Venice during his stays there.
His works may be seen at the
Bompard died in Paris in 1936.
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Chetma Oasis, Biskra Province
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Oued Chetma (Algeria) in summer, 189
References
- ^ Annie Yacob, Dossier de l'Art n° 185, "L'orientalisme de Delacroix à Matisse", Marseille, 2011
- ^ List of works by Bompard @ the Musée d'Orsay
Further reading
- André Alauzen, Laurent Noet: Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Jeanne Laffitte, Marseille, 2006 ISBN 978-2-86276-441-2
- Maurice Bompard : Voyage en Orient, Musée de Millau, 2013 Online
External links
- More works by Bompard @ ArtNet
- "Bompard, Maurice". In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker (Eds.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol.4: Bida–Brevoort. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, pg. 263 Online