Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe

Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (January 17, 1830 – May 2, 1901) was a French painter who specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings.^[1] He was the nephew of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe and father of the painter Jules Desgoffe.

He was born in Paris and studied under Hippolyte Flandrin.^[2] He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857 to 1882, where he was awarded a third-class medal in 1861 and a second-class medal in 1863.^[1] In 1878 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.^[3] He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.^[3] He died in Paris in 1901.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Champlin & Perkins, p. 397.
^ Champlin & Perkins, p. 396.
^ ^a ^b Pennsylvania Academy, p. 150.
^ Metropolitan Museum of Art website

References

Champlin, John Denison, and Charles C. Perkins. 1913. Cyclopedia of painters and paintings. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC 1315250
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1903. Descriptive catalogue of the permanent collections of works of art on exhibition in the galleries. Philadelphia: The Academy. OCLC 11682166

External links

Blaise Desgoffe French blog with several pages about the artist, one in English

[Cyclopedia397-1] Champlin & Perkins, p. 397.

[2] Champlin & Perkins, p. 396.

[PennsylvaniaAcademy150-3] Pennsylvania Academy, p. 150.

[4] Metropolitan Museum of Art website

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