Guillaume Bodinier
Illustration — The Marriage Contract in Italy, 1831, Musée du Louvre Guillaume Bodinier (Angers, 9 February 1795 – Angers, 25 August 1872), a French historical and portrait painter, was born in Angers. He studied in Rome under the direction of Pierre Guérin, and exhibited at the Salon from 1827 to 1857. After a long residence in Rome he returned to his native city, where he became director of the Museum, and died in 1872.
Guillaume Bodinier

Guillaume Bodinier · Joconde database: entry 07480003095 · Public domain
- Born
- 1795 · Angers.
- Died
- 1872 · Angers.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · art collector · artist
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Jean Broc · Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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His best work is the 'Angelus in Campagnano di Roma,' painted in 1836, and formerly in the collection of the Duke of Orléans.
Guillaume Bodinier studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Jean Broc and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Italy. Work by Guillaume Bodinier is recorded in the collections of Clark Art Institute, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers and Musée Hyacinthe-Rigaud. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
• Illustration — Théodore Jubin (1826), Oil on canvas, 20 3/8 x 14 7/16 in. (51.7 x 36.7 cm), Clark Art Institute
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Guillaume Bodinier lived from 9 February 1795 to 25 August 1872 and was a painter, genre artist, landscapist and portraitist. Guillaume Bodinier was born on 9 February 1795 in Angers. Guillaume Bodinier died on 25 August 1872 in Angers.
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- 1.Notice de personne - Bodinier Guillaume. Catalogue de la BnF. fiche du 7 août 2008.
- 2.Partick Le Nouëne, Guillaume Bodinier, Paysages d'Italie 1823-1826, Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers, 70
- 3.Il se lira avec le doyen des néoclassiques à Rome, Boguet, dont il fera le portrait.
- 4.https://presse.angers.fr/private/uploads/piecesjointes/dp-web-bodinier.pdf
- 5.Guillaume Bodinier, un peintre angevin en Italie. Expressions contemporaines. 2011. 978-2-909166-24-7 Commentaire biblio SRL.
- 6.Base Joconde 07480003288 Portrait de Casimir Lecomte devant le Stromboli
- 7.Dessins français du musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans. Le Trait et l’Ombre. musée des Beaux-Arts. 2022. 9 788836 651320.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Ad. T. Bodinier (Guillaume). La Grande Encyclopédie. 1889. 25.
- Dictionnaire Bénézit
- Partick Le Nouëne, Guillaume Bodinier, Paysages d'Italie 1823-1826, Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers, 70.p.
- Patrizia Rosazza-Ferraris, Vincent Pomarède, Patrick Le Nouëne, Guillaume Bodinier, un peintre angevin en Italie, catalogue de l’exposition du Musée des beaux-arts d’Angers du au , éditions Expressions contemporaines, 2011, 320.p,
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