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

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