Joseph Beaume (27 September 1796 in Marseilles – 11 September 1885 in Paris) was a French historical painter.[1][2][3]

Joseph Beaume
Died
NationalityFrench
Known forPainting
Napoleon leaving Elba, painted by Beaume.

Biography

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Baume was a favourite pupil of Antoine-Jean Gros and a frequent contributor to the Salon between 1819 and 1878. In the time of King Louis Philippe he was commissioned to paint several large battle-pieces for Versailles. His "Henri III. on his Death-bed" was in the Luxembourg in 1903.[3]

In 1836 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[4] He died in Paris in September 1885.[2][3]

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References

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  • "Joseph Beaume Auction Results", Joseph Beaume on artnet, retrieved 18 March 2017
  • Leslie, Frank (26 September 1885), "Deaths of the Week", Frank Leslie's Illustrated News Paper, vol. 59–61, p. 87 "Joseph Beaume, a distinguished French painter aged 87 years"
  • "Base Léonore", Ministère de la culture (in French), retrieved 20 April 2017

Attribution:

  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilliamson, George C., ed. (1903), "Beaume, Joseph", Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–C), vol. I (New, revised and enlarged ed.), London: George Bell & Sons, p. 102
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