Henri-Achille Zo (2 December 1873,

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9 September 1933,

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) was a French painter and illustrator of Basque ancestry. His work was part of the art competitions at the

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and the

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Biography

He began as a pupil of his father, the painter Achille Zo, who was Director of the . Later, he studied with

Léon Bonnat Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Early life Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in Ma ...

and

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at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. He and his father were considered to be the founders of the style that came to be known as the "Bayonne School", which featured scenes from Spain and

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tableaux. He was awarded a silver medal at the

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, which resulted in his receiving a government travel grant the following year. From 1897, he was a regular exhibitor at the

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and won the National Prize in 1905. He also held regular showings with the "Société des Amis des Arts de Bordeaux". In Paris, he created decorative works at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique and at the , which was constructed as a memorial to the victims of the fire at the

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. For many years, he was a professor at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

. In 1903, he received the , for animal painting, then the Prix Trémont, awarded by the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1910, he was named a Knight in the

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.Documentation
@ the base Leonore As well as being a painter, he was known for illustrating numerous books, including '' Ramuntcho'' by Pierre Loti, the ' by Raymond Roussel, ''À la Mer'' by Paul Margueritte and ''La Cigarette'' by Jules Clarétie. He was killed in an automobile accident near Onesse-Laharie. His works may be seen at the , Musée Bonnat-Helleu, and the

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, among many others.

Selected works

File:Zo-Patio.jpg, The Patio (Siesta) File:Zo-Bullfight.jpg, Bullfight Scene File:Henri Achille Zo-La pelote Basque à Pasajes de San Juan.jpg, Basque Pelota File:Zo-Arena.jpg, People in the Arena

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