Joseph-F̩lix Bouchor (15 September 1853 Р27 October 1937) was a French painter noted for his portraits and his Orientalist themes.
Biography
The artist was born in
Paris
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. He studied at the
Beaux-Arts. Joseph-Felix Bouchor exhibited his works at the
Salon des Artistes Francais in 1878. During World War I, he was embedded with the allied troop and realized many military paintings depicting French and American infantry, cavalry and air forces in action on the frontline. He is famous for his portraits of
General John Pershing (1860–1948), French President
Georges Clemenceau and his illustrations of the
American Expeditionary Force
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during World War I.
After the war, Joseph-Felix Bouchor travelled to North Africa and painted orientalist topics. His works belong to many public collections, including the
Orsay Museum in Paris, the Museums of Beaux-Arts in
Marseille
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,
Angers
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,
Vannes
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History
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and
Nantes
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, France. Many artworks belong to the collection of the musée national de la coopération Franco-américaine in
Blérancourt, France.
[the Joconde Database of French state owned artworks]
Joseph-Félix Bouchor died in Paris in 1937.
Gallery
File:123 Joseph-Félix Bouchor Marché à Concarneau.jpg, Marché à Concarneau (Musée des beaux-arts de Vannes)
File:126 Joseph-Félix Bouchor Marché aux bestiaux Quimper.jpg, Marché aux Bestiaux Quimper (Musée des beaux-arts de Vannes)
File:125 Joseph-Félix Bouchor Noce bretonne.jpg, Noce Bretonne (Musée des Beaux-arts de Vannes)
File:Joseph-Félix Bouchor Militärparade.jpg, Parade Militaire à Paris
File:Le cloître de Tréguier Joseph-Félix Bouchor.jpg, Le cloître de Tréguier, 1925
File:109 Joseph-Félix Bouchor Les pataugeuses.JPG, Les pataugeuses, Musée des Beaux-arts de Vannes)
See also
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List of Orientalist artists
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Orientalism
Notes
Sources and References
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists
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Franco-Americain Museum in Blérancourt, France
1853 births
1937 deaths
19th-century French painters
19th-century French male artists
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
French war artists
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
French male painters
French Orientalist painters
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