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Francois-Auguste Biard
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The Slave Trade.
Painting ID:: 83698
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Francois-Auguste Biard
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(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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Auguste François Biard
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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The Slave Trade. |
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Date 1840(1840)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 162.5 x 228.6 cm (64 x 90 in)
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| Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory | Meeting of St Erasm and St Maurice | Susanna at her Bath and The Stoning of the Old Men (mk08) | |
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