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FERNAND CORMON (1845– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 161 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CORMON (1845– )  , See also:French painter, was See also:born in See also:Paris . He became a See also:pupil of See also:Cabanel, See also:Fromentin and See also:Portaels, and one of the leading See also:historical painters of See also:modern See also:France . At an See also:early See also:age he attracted See also:attention by the better class of See also:sensationalism in his See also:art, although for a See also:time his powerful See also:brush dwelled with particular delight on scenes of bloodshed, such as the" See also:Murder in the Seraglio " (1868) and the " See also:Death of Ravara, See also:Queen of Lanka " at the See also:Toulouse Museum .

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