Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (January 17, 1830 – May 2, 1901) was a French painter who specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings. He was the nephew of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe and father of the painter Jules Desgoffe. • Illustration — Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, Still Life with Fruit, Glass of Wine, 1863, oil on panel He was born in Paris and studied under Hippolyte Flandrin. 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.
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Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1830. · Paris.
- Died
- 1901. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Fields
- still life.
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris.
- Teachers
- Hippolyte Flandrin and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
- Known for
- Vase of améthyste from the 16th-century and Crystal vase.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (January 17, 1830 – May 2, 1901) was a French painter who specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings. He was the nephew of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe and father of the painter Jules Desgoffe. • Illustration — Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, Still Life with Fruit, Glass of Wine, 1863, oil on panel He was born in Paris and studied under Hippolyte Flandrin. 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.
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In 1878 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. He died in Paris in 1901.
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Hippolyte Flandrin and William-Adolphe Bouguereau is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are Vase of améthyste from the 16th-century and Crystal vase. Work by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Amsterdam Museum, Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Dahesh Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
The authorities additionally record the headings Blaise-Alexandre Desgoffe, Blaise Desgoffe, Blaize Desgoffe, Desgoffe and B. His recorded language was French. One child is recorded: Jules Desgoffe. Other recorded relations include Alexandre Desgoffe.
![Optics: interference phenomena, exhibited by diffraction gratings. Coloured mezzotint by M. Rapine [1883], after B. Desgoffe., 1883, by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0025368/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Optics: interference phenomena, exhibited by diffraction gratings. Coloured mezzotint by M. Rapine [1883], after B. Desgoffe., 1883, by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1830
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe was born on 17 January 1830.
1901
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe died on 2 May 1901.
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- 1.Côme Fabre. BLAISE DESGOFFE, LE PEINTRE QUI MAGNIFIAIT LES OBJETS D’ART. Grande Galerie - Le Journal du Louvre. 55. pages 34-35. été 2021.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- Alexandre Lafore, Plusieurs natures mortes de Blaise Desgoffe offertes au Louvre , site de La Tribune de l'art, .
- article non signé Nature morte du XIXe ("La Gazette Drouot" n°10 - 24/03/2019, p. 158, reprod. coul. du tableau de 1868).
- Suzanne Higott dans Le Comte de Nieuwerkerke - Art et pouvoir sous Napoléon III (n° 87 du catalogue de l'exposition du Musée national du château de Compiègne, 6/10/2000 - 8/01/2001, pp 142 et 143).
- Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française, depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'en 1882 inclusivement : peintres, sculpteurs, architectes, graveurs et lithographes, Supplément, 194, Librairie Renouard, Paris, 1888 Gallica.
- Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes, Tome 1, 419, Librairie Renouard, Paris, 1882 Gallica.
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Formation and teaching. Desgoffe studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Hippolyte Flandrin and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 2: Vase of améthyste from the 16th-century and Crystal vase. His recorded genre is still life. Desgoffe received Knight of the Legion of Honour. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as a citizen of France. Classed in the genre still life. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Amsterdam Museum and Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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