Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe

Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (January 17, 1830 – May 2, 1901) was a French painter who specialized in meticulously finished still-life paintings.[1] He was the nephew of the painter Alexandre Desgoffe and father of the painter Jules Desgoffe.

He was born in Paris and studied under Hippolyte Flandrin.[2] He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1857 to 1882, where he was awarded a third-class medal in 1861 and a second-class medal in 1863.[1] In 1878 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.[3] He was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.[3] He died in Paris in 1901.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Champlin & Perkins, p. 397.
  2. ^ Champlin & Perkins, p. 396.
  3. ^ a b Pennsylvania Academy, p. 150.
  4. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art website

References

  • Champlin, John Denison, and Charles C. Perkins. 1913. Cyclopedia of painters and paintings. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. OCLC 1315250
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 1903. Descriptive catalogue of the permanent collections of works of art on exhibition in the galleries. Philadelphia: The Academy. OCLC 11682166
  • Blaise Desgoffe French blog with several pages about the artist, one in English