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Léon Bazile Perrault
French Academic Classical painter
born 1832 - died 1908

Also known as: Leon Jean Basile Perrault.


Student of: William Bouguereau (1825-1905).

Léon-Jean-Bazille Perrault was a mid-nineteenth century painter who preoccupied himself with the treatment of subjects that reinforced the affluent bourgeoisie in their desire to have beautiful paintings adorning their homes. Inspired by his teachers, François-Édouard Picot and William-Adolphe Bouguereau, master painters of the academic style of the nineteenth-century, Perrault continued emphasizing mythology and idealization found in their compositions, in his own paintings. In following these two painters, Perrault was also showing his reverence for eighteenth century painters such as Jean-Antoine Watteau and François Boucher who also idealized their subjects.

Léon-Bazille Perrault was born June 20th, 1832 in Poitiers, a town southwest of Paris.

Perrault continued to exhibit at the Salons until the end of his career. In 1887 he was awarded France’s high honor and named Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. At the Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900, he received a bronze and silver medal, respectively. He also exhibited in Vienna, London, Boston, and Philadelphia and won numerous medals in these exhibitions, and was later appointed – in 1873 - to represent France as "Diplômât d'honneur" to Vienna, Philadelphia and London. He also became a member of the Société des painteres Français and by the end of his career was “hors concours” at the Salon, allowing him to exhibit freely without the necessity of submitting work for jury acceptance. He died in 1908 in Royan.

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