Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Cabat, Nicolas Louis
CABAT, Nicolas Louis, a French landscape painter, born at Paris Dec. 24, 1812; studied painting under M. Camille Flers, and visited the most picturesque parts of France. He first exhibited in the "salon" of 1833 some landscapes which the critics pronounced to be too realistic; but he persevered in this style of painting till 1837, and became the founder of a school. From that period till 1848 he only contributed twice to the annual exhibitions (in 1840 and 1841), but since 1848 he has been a regular contributor. M. Cabat was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1867, and unanimously chosen Director, in Nov., 1878, of the French School of Painting at Rome.