Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (January 17, 1830 – May 2, 1901) was a French painter who specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings.[1] He was the nephew of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe and father of the painter Jules Desgoffe.
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He was born in Paris and studied under Hippolyte Flandrin.[2] He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857 to 1882, where he was awarded a third-class medal in 1861 and a second-class medal in 1863.[1] In 1878 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.[3] He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.[3] He died in Paris in 1901.[4]
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[edit]References
[edit]- Champlin, John Denison, and Charles C. Perkins. 1913. Cyclopedia of painters and paintings. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC 1315250
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1903. Descriptive catalogue of the permanent collections of works of art on exhibition in the galleries. Philadelphia: The Academy. OCLC 11682166
External links
[edit]- Blaise Desgoffe French blog with several pages about the artist, one in English
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