About Léon Bazille Perrault
Lived 1832 – 1908 (aged 76). Léon Bazille Perrault was a French painter.
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, 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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Who was Léon Bazille Perrault?
French painter (1832-1908)
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Léon Bazille Perrault was born on 16 June 1832 in Poitiers.
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Léon Bazille Perrault died on 6 August 1908 in Royan.
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Léon Bazille Perrault was a painter.
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Léon Bazille Perrault was French.
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