Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | An oil painting of a naval engagement between the French frigate Semillante and British frigate Venus in 1793 | The Adoration of the magi | Lace women | Satin john the Baptist | On the,Flathead | Related Artists: Osip Braz painted Portrait of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in 1898 Jarvis John Wesley English-born American Painter, ca.1780-1840 Francois-Auguste Biard (June 30, 1799 - June 20, 1882) was a French genre painter.
Born at Lyon, he traveled around the world, sketching on the way. He was particularly successful in rendering burlesque groups.
His painting, Scenes on the Coast of Africa, depicted on the right, was the inspiration behind Isaac Julien's short film The Attendant (1993). Biard was a known abolitionist against the Atlantic slave trade.
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