London (1872 and 1873), Vienna (1873). Order of Leopold (1869), Officer (1881); Studio in Antwerp. Works: Return from Vintage (1853); Marie Antoinette taken from the Temple, Summer Evening by the Sea (1863), Hague Museum; Empty Cradle (1867), Liége Museum; Sorrowful Tidings (1868), Brussels Museum; Ripe Cherries (1874), Ghent Museum; Day after Storm (1875); Return from Baptism.—Müller, 71.
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BOURDON, SEBASTIEN, born at Montpellier,
Feb. 2,
1616, died in
Paris, May 8,
1671. French
school; history
painter; pupil
of Barthélemy
at Paris until
his fifteenth
year, when he
went to Bordeaux,
where
he painted in fresco; and to Toulouse where,
finding no employment, he enlisted. In 1634,
having obtained his dismissal, he proceeded
to Rome, made copies from the old masters
for a dealer for three years, and then returned
to Paris to escape the Inquisition.
There during the next sixteen years he
painted battle pieces, hunts, landscapes, and
portraits, and the Crucifixion of St. Peter
for Notre Dame, now in the Louvre. In
1648 he assisted in founding the Academy,
and in 1652 went to Sweden, where he became
court painter. Ten years later he returned
to
Paris, and in
1665 was appointed
director
of the Academy. Works: Sacrifice
of Noah, Solomon
sacrificing
to Idols, Adoration
of Shepherds,
Repose of Holy Family, Madonna
with St. John, Christ and the Children, Descent
from Cross, Decollation of St. Protais,
Martyrdom of St. Peter, Julius Cæsar before
Tomb of Alexander, Halt of Bohemians
(2), Laban seeking his Idols, Presentation
in the Temple, Portrait of Descartes, his own
portrait, and others, Louvre; Group of Merchants,
Hague Museum; Bacchanal, Liverpool
Institute; Death of Dido, Hermitage,
St. Petersburg; Return of the Ark from
Captivity, National Gallery, London.—Ch.
Blanc, École française.
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BOURGEOIS, EUGÈNE (VICTOR), born in Paris; contemporary. Landscape painter. Medal, 3d class, 1885. Works: Corner of the Forest, Orchard of Flowers (1880); Les Graves at Villerville (1881); Little Bridge of Gravoteaux (1882); Pointe du Grand-Bec, Tuilerie de Maurevert (1883); Meadow in Environs of Villerville (1884); Le Val at Villerville, La Fontaine-Virginie at Pennedepie (1885).
BOURGEOIS, (LÉON PIERRE) URBAIN,
born at Nevers, France; contemporary.
History and portrait painter; pupil
of Sebastin[ Cornu, H. Flandrin, and Cabanel.
Medals: 3d class, 1877; 2d class, 1880.
Works: St. Sebastian (1877); Justinian Emperor
of the East (1878), Court of Cassation,
Paris; Body of St. Vincent guarded from
Birds of Prey by Angels (1879); Portrait
of My Little Daughter (1881); Innocence
(1883); Diana after the Chase (1884), M. J.
Darcel.
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BOURGEOIS, Sir PETER FRANCIS,
born in London in 1756, died there, Jan. 8,
1811. Of Swiss descent; pupil of Loutherbourg;
travelled in France, Holland, and
Italy in 1776, and on his return attained reputation
for his landscapes with cattle and
figures. In 1791 he was appointed painter to
the King of Poland and knighted; became an
A.R.A. in 1787, R.A. in 1793, and landscape
painter to George III. in 1793. He left his
fine collection of 350 paintings, bequeathed
