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ALEXANDRE CABANEL (1823-1889)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALEXANDRE
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CABANEL (1823-1889)  ,
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French painter, was
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born at
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Montpellier, and studied in
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Paris, gaining the Prix de
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Rome in 1845 . His pictures soon attracted
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attention, and by his "
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Birth of
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Venus " (1863), now in the Luxembourg, he became famous, being elected that
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year to the
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Institute . He became the most popular portrait painter of the
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day, and his pupils included a number of famous artists .

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