Léon Bonnat, self-portrait.

Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – September 8, 1922) was a French painter. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e

He was born in Bayonne, and educated under Madrazo in Madrid, Spain. Bayonne ( French: Bayonne bajɔn Gascon Occitan and Basque: Baiona) is a city and commune of southwest Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920 was a Spanish realist painter Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. He lived in Madrid from 1846 to 1853, where his father owned a bookshop. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common ^[1] He later worked in Paris, where he became known as a leading portraitist. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city His long series of portraits shows the influence of Velázquez and the Spanish realists. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez ( June 6, 1599 &ndash August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter who was the leading He won a medal of honor at Paris in 1869, where he became one of the leading artists of his day. Bonnat went on to become a professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1882. École des Beaux-Arts ("School of Fine Arts" refers to a number of influential Art schools in France. In May 1905 he succeeded Paul Dubois as director. Paul Dubois ( July 18 1829 - 1905 was a significant French sculptor and painter.

His vivid portrait-painting is his most characteristic work, but his subject pictures, such as the Martyrdom of St Denis in the Pantheon, are also famous.

Some of Bonnat's more notable students include: Gustave Caillebotte, Suzor-Coté, Georges Braque, Aloysius O'Kelly, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Gustave Caillebotte ( August 19, 1848 &ndash February 21, 1894) was a French painter, member and patron of the group Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté ( April 6 1869 &ndash January 29 1937) was a Canadian painter and sculptor Georges Braque ( May 13, 1882 &ndash August 31, 1963) was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor Aloysius O'Kelly ( July 3, 1853 in Dublin &ndash c1941 was an Irish painter. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (ɑ̃ʁi dø tuluz loˈtʁɛk (24 November 1864 &ndash 9 September 1901 was a French painter, printmaker, draftsman ^[2]

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