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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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FERNAND

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

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