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His vivid portrait-painting is his most characteristic work, but his subject pictures, such as the ''Martyrdom of St Denis in the Pantheon'', are also famous.
His vivid portrait-painting is his most characteristic work, but his subject pictures, such as the ''Martyrdom of St Denis in the Pantheon'', are also famous.


Some of Bonnat's more notable students include: [[Gustave Caillebotte]], [[Suzor-Coté]], [[Georges Braque]],[[Raoul Dufy]], [[Aloysius O'Kelly]], and [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]].<ref>http://wwar.com/masters/b/bonnat-leon.html World Wide Arts Resources. Retrieved November 27, 2006.</ref>
Some of Bonnat's more notable students include: [[Gustave Caillebotte]], [[Suzor-Coté]], [[Georges Braque]],[[Raoul Dufy]], [[Marius Vasselon]], [[Aloysius O'Kelly]], and [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]].<ref>http://wwar.com/masters/b/bonnat-leon.html World Wide Arts Resources. Retrieved November 27, 2006.</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Léon Bonnat, self-portrait.

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833September 8, 1922) was a French painter.

He was born in Bayonne, and educated under Madrazo in Madrid, Spain. He lived in Madrid from 1846 to 1853, where his father owned a bookshop.[1] He later worked in Paris, where he became known as a leading portraitist. His long series of portraits shows the influence of Velázquez and the Spanish realists. He won a medal of honor at Paris in 1869, where he became one of the leading artists of his day. Bonnat went on to become a professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1882. In May 1905 he succeeded Paul Dubois as director.

His vivid portrait-painting is his most characteristic work, but his subject pictures, such as the Martyrdom of St Denis in the Pantheon, are also famous.

Some of Bonnat's more notable students include: Gustave Caillebotte, Suzor-Coté, Georges Braque,Raoul Dufy, Marius Vasselon, Aloysius O'Kelly, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.[2]

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.artfact.com/features/viewArtist.cfm?1=1&searchType=artist&artistRef=O2WDUSDC7W ArtFact. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
  2. ^ http://wwar.com/masters/b/bonnat-leon.html World Wide Arts Resources. Retrieved November 27, 2006.