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Alexandre Cabanel
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French painter (1823–1889)
OverviewAI-generated
Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) was a French painter and university teacher associated with the academic art movement. Born in Montpellier, he studied under François-Édouard Picot and was educated at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and the French Academy in Rome. His artistic output included history painting, nudes, portraits, and genre painting. Notable works include *The Birth of Venus* and *Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners*. He also produced illustrated editions of literary works, such as *Othello* and *Il diavolo*.
Cabanel worked in Paris, where he served as an employer at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. He taught several students, including Pierre Auguste Cot, Raphaël Collin, Fernand Cormon, and Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic. Throughout his career, he received the Prix de Rome, the Order of Saint Michael, and the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honour. He died in Paris.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Othello (illustré)
- Otelo (ilustrado)
- Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (illustrated)
- Il diavolo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1823
- Active to
- 1889
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 47
- Total plays
- 77
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexandre+Cabanel">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 12,136x
- pROC: an open-source package for R and S+ to analyze and compare ROC curves
· 2011 · cited 11,863x
- Universal sample preparation method for proteome analysis
· 2009 · cited 7,713x
- Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in
<i>Phenix</i>
· 2019 · cited 7,466x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1823-09-28 ) 28 September 1823, Montpellier , France
- Died
- 23 January 1889 (1889-01-23) (aged 65), Paris, France
- Education
- François-Édouard Picot
- Known for
- Painting
- Notable work
- Birth of Venus , The Fallen Angel
- Movement
- Academicism
- Awards
- Prix de Rome
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Alexandre Cabanel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexandre Cabanel ( French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ(ə) kabanɛl]; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred painter and, with Gérôme and Meissonier, was one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."
Career
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