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Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe

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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.

Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, Still Life with Fruit, Glass of Wine, 1863, oil on panel

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]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Champlin & Perkins, p. 397.
  2. ^ Champlin & Perkins, p. 396.
  3. ^ a b Pennsylvania Academy, p. 150.
  4. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art website

References

  • 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
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