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Pierre Bouillon

Pierre Bouillon (1776 – 15 October 1831) was a French painter and engraver. Pierre Bouillon was born in Thiviers, he studied with the Académie-trained history painter Nicolas-André Monsiau. He was awarded the grand prize of the Institut de France in July 1797 for his painting The Death of Cato of Utica.

Pierre Bouillon

Hermaphroditus sleeping. Steel engraving by J.B.H. Bourgois after P. Bouillon, 1808., 1808, by Pierre Bouillon

Pierre Bouillon · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark

Name
Pierre Bouillon
Born
1776
Birthplace
Thiviers, France
Died
15 October 1831
Place of death
Paris, France
Education
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Awards
Prix de Rome
Nationality
France.
Occupation
painter, printmaker, etcher and draftsperson.
Fields
painting and graphics.
Teachers
Nicolas-André Monsiau.
Honours
Prix de Rome.

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Pierre Bouillon (1776 – 15 October 1831) was a French painter and engraver. Pierre Bouillon was born in Thiviers, he studied with the Académie-trained history painter Nicolas-André Monsiau. He was awarded the grand prize of the Institut de France in July 1797 for his painting The Death of Cato of Utica.

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