Alexandre Cabanel
Alexandre Cabanel | |
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Self-Portrait, 1852, Musée Fabre | |
| Born | 28 September 1823 Montpellier, France |
| Died | 23 January 1889 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Education | François-Édouard Picot |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Birth of Venus |
| Movement | Academicism |
| Awards | Prix de Rome |
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Alexandre Cabanel (French: [kabanɛl]; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred painter and, with Gérôme and Meissonier, was one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire."