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Jean-Achille Benouville (15 July 1815 – 8 February 1891) was a French landscape painter known for his views of Italy.

Biography

He was born in Paris. Together with his younger brother, François-Léon, he was apprenticed to

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and, later, to Léon Cogniet.Biographical notes
from the ''Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française...'' @ Gallica. He painted numerous landscapes in the vicinity of Paris, Italia

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and

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. In 1834, he had his first exhibition at the

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. Three years later, he was admitted to the

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. In 1845, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for historic landscape painting for his work ''

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and

Nausicaa Nausicaa (; grc, Ναυσικάα, Nausikáa, or , ) also spelled Nausicaä or Nausikaa, is a character in Homer's ''Odyssey''. She is the daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia. Her name means "burner of ships" ( 'ship'; 'to b ...

''.Grunchec, P. (1985). ''The Grand Prix de Rome: Paintings from the École des Beaux-Arts, 1797-1863''. Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation. p. 130. . As a result, he was able to make three trips to Italy; one in the company of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, with whom he shared a studio in Rome. After a stay of three years at the

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, he decided to remain in Italy, although he continued to display his works at exhibitions in Paris. He was married in 1851 and had two sons: and , who both became architects. In 1863, he was named a Knight in the

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.Documentation
@ the Base Léonore. He returned to France following his wife's death and remarried in 1871. He travelled frequently, to Italy, the

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and the Netherlands, until his death in Paris in 1891. Maupassant dedicated his story, ''Mon oncle Jules'' (1883), to Benouville.

Selected paintings

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Viewed from the

Palatine Hill The Palatine Hill (; la, Collis Palatium or Mons Palatinus; it, Palatino ), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire." ...

'', 1844 File:Capri, by Jean-Achille Benouville, Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg, ''

Capri Capri ( , ; ; ) is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town of Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has been ...

'', ca. 1845 File:Jean Achille Benouville - Landscape with Buffalo - Walters 371209.jpg, ''Landscape on the

Roman Campagna The Roman Campagna () is a low-lying area surrounding Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy, with an area of approximately . It is bordered by the Tolfa and Sabatini mountains to the north, the Alban Hills to the southeast, and the Tyrrhenia ...

,
with Buffaloes'', ca. 1865–1868

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1815 births 1891 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters Landscape artists Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Painters from Paris Prix de Rome for painting Recipients of the Legion of Honour 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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