Paul Baudry
(1828–1886) fransk målare
Paul Baudry (France, 1828–1886) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Paul Baudry belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.
Paul Baudry was born in La Roche-sur-Yon and died in Paris. Paul Baudry trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris and French Academy in Rome. The teachers included Antoine Sartoris and Michel Martin Drolling. Paul Baudry worked in Paris and Rome. Wikidata associates Paul Baudry with academic art. Paul Baudry became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Prix de Rome, Prix de Rome, and Commander of the Legion of Honour. The students included Marcel Rieder, Jean Jules Badin, and Charles Diéterle.
The best-known works include ‘Jacob wrestles with the angel’, ‘Alfred Beurdeley’, and ‘The Pearl and the Wave’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 16 works by Paul Baudry with free images. The dated works span the years 1847–1882. Works by Paul Baudry are held by several collections, among them Nantes Museum of Arts, Musée d’Orsay, Pradomuseet, and Musée municipal de La Roche-sur-Yon. Wikidata links 5 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Quido Mánes, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Oscar Begas, Alonzo Chappel, and Frank Buchser.