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Antoine Bouvard (French, 1870-1956)
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Antoine Bouvard
A Venetian View
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Antoine Bouvard
Evening Glow
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Antoine Bouvard
Evening Light
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Antoine Bouvard
The Campanelli and The Doge’s Palace
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Antoine Bouvard
Venise au Canal
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Antoine Bouvard
Waiting Gondola
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Born at St Jean-de-Bournay in L’Isere, Bouvard trained as an architect under Constant-Dufeus at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He became Director of Architectural Services for the Seine and was responsible for building the Bourse and Boulevard Morland. His paintings show the influence of Felix Ziem and exhibit an intuitive understanding of the unique light of Venice. |
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Bouvard was born at St. Etienne in France in 1875. His early artistic education was undertaken at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he spent three years under a scholarship. He was trained there as an architect and studied art and architecture under Constant-Dufeus. He became the Director of Architectural Services for the Seine and was responsible for the construction in Paris of the Bourse du Travail and also of the Boulevard Morland. |
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Study trips followed throughout Europe, where he began to paint the landscapes of Southern Europe and the Mediterranean coastline under the name of Marc Aldine and Pelletier (his wife’s name). Most of his output went through a dealer in Paris who recommended that he consider Venice as a subject. From that point his career never looked back. Gladwell and Company in the city of London held the first one-man exhibition of his work in Britain in 1928, from which the late Queen Mary purchased two examples of his work. Mr. Fuller continued to acquire paintings from this fine artist up until Bouvard died. |
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Whilst Bouvard’s subject matter is similar to Canaletto and Guardi, he differs from these great artists by his use of a free impressionist technique, with the introduction of more colour and warmth. Examples of this fine French artist’s work can be found in private collections throughout Europe and America. He had a son, Georges Noel, (aka Antoine), born in 1912, who also painted Venetian scenes but with a different more impressionistic and broader technique. Bouvard Junior died in 1957. He in turn had a daughter called Collette. Her paintings of Venice were executed with crisp brush strokes and very fresh colouring but lacked the depth and quality of both her fathers and grandfathers superb pictures. Collette died in 1996. |
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