François-Auguste Biard

François-Auguste Biard
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(1801–1882) fransk målare

François-Auguste Biard (France, 1801–1882) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, François-Auguste Biard belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

François-Auguste Biard was born in Lyon and died in Fontainebleau. François-Auguste Biard trained at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon. François-Auguste Biard worked in Lyon and Paris. François-Auguste Biard was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour.

One of the best-known works is ‘Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848’. The works belong mainly to the genre genre painting. The catalogue has 51 works by François-Auguste Biard with free images. The dated works span the years 1833–2000. Works by François-Auguste Biard are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Museu Paulista collection, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, and Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred d'Orsay, Victor Vincent Adam, Johann Karl Baehr, Michelangelo Grigoletti, and Eduard Gaertner.