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BONNAT
, LtON See also:JOSEPH FLORENTIN (1833— ), See also:French painter, was See also:born at See also:Bayonne on the loth of See also:June 1833
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He was educated in See also:Spain, under Madrazo at See also:Madrid, and his See also:long See also:series of portraits shows the See also:influence of Velasquez and the See also:Spanish realists
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In 1869 he won a See also:medal of See also:honour at See also:Paris, where he became one of the leading artists of his See also:day, and in 1888 he became See also:professor of See also:painting at the Ecole See also:des See also:Beaux Arts
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In May 1905 he succeeded See also:Paul See also:Dubois as director
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His vivid portrait-painting is his most characteristic See also:work, but his subject pictures, such as the " Martyrdom of St See also:Denis " in the See also:Pantheon, are also famous
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BONNE-CARRERE, See also:GUILLAUME DE (1754—1825), French diplomatist, was born at Muret in See also:Languedoc on the 13th of See also:February 1754
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He began his career in the See also:army, but soon entered the See also:diplomatic service under See also:Vergennes
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A friend of See also:Mirabeau and of See also:Dumouriez, he became very active at the Revolution, and Dumouriez re-established for him the See also:title of director-See also:general of the See also:department of See also:foreign affairs (See also: After 1815 Bonne-Carrere retired into private See also:life, directing a profitable business in public carriages between Paris and See also:Versailles . |
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