Paul Jacques Aime Baudry

{"Id":273,"Name":"Paul Jacques Aime Baudry","Biography":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBAUDRY, PAUL JACQUES AIME\u003C/strong\u003E (1828-1886), French painter, was born at La Roche-sur-Yonne (Vende). He studied under Drolling, a sound but second-rate artist, and carried off the Prix de Rome in 1850 by his picture of \u003Cu\u003EZenobia found on the banks of the Araxes\u003C/u\u003E. [...] In the course of his residence in Italy Baudry derived strong inspiration from Italian art with the mannerism of \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2073\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003ECorreggio\u003C/a\u003E, as was very evident in the two works he exhibited in the Salon of 1857, which were purchased for the Luxembourg: \u003Cu\u003EThe Martyrdom of a Vestal Virgin\u003C/u\u003E and \u003Cu\u003EThe Child\u003C/u\u003E. His \u003Cu\u003ELeda\u003C/u\u003E, \u003Cu\u003ESt John the Baptist\u003C/u\u003E, and a \u003Cu\u003EPortrait of Beul\u003C/u\u003E, exhibited at the same time, took a first prize that year. Throughout this early period Baudry commonly selected mythological or fanciful subjects, one of the most noteworthy being \u003Cu\u003EThe Pearl and the Wave\u003C/u\u003E. Once only did he attempt an historical picture, \u003Cu\u003ECharlotte Corday after the murder of Marat\u003C/u\u003E (1861); and returned by preference to the former class of subjects or to painting portraits of illustrious men of his day: Guizot, Charles Garnier, Edmond About. The works that crowned Baudry\u0027s reputation were his mural decorations, which show much imagination and a high artistic gift for color, as may be seen in the frescoes in the Paris Cour de Cassation, at the ch\u0026acirc;teau of Chantilly, and some private residences, the hotel Fould and h\u0026ocirc;tel Paivabut, above all, in the decorations of the foyer of the Paris opera house. These, more than thirty paintings in all, and among them compositions figurative of dancing and music, occupied the painter for ten years. Baudry died in Paris in 1886. He was a member of the Institut de France, succeeding Jean Victor Schnetz. Two of his colleagues, \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=103\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EDubois\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=769\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EMarius-Jean Merci\u0026eacute;\u003C/a\u003E, co-operating with his brother, Baudry the architect, erected a monument to him in Paris (1890). The statue of Baudry at La Roche-sur-Yonne (1897) is by \u003Ca href=\u0022/asp/database/art.asp?aid=9\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 class=\u0022link\u0022\u003EG\u0026eacute;r\u0026ocirc;me\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ESee H. Delaborde, \u003Cu\u003ENotice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Baudry\u003C/u\u003E (1886); Ch. Ephrussi, \u003Cu\u003EBaudry, sa vie et son oeuvre\u003C/u\u003E (1887). (H. FR.)\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESource:\u003C/u\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E Entry on the artist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http://78.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BA/BAUDRY_PAUL_JACQUES_AIME.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E1911 Edition Encyclopedia\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cp\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":true,"HasLibraryItems":true,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":34}