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Barques de Cabotage
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| Artist / Maker | Adolphe Appian |
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| Culture / Origin | French |
| Medium | etching |
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About the Artist
At a young age, Jacques Barthélemy Appian, who changed his first name to Adolphe, began his studies at the École de Dessin et Beaux-Arts in Lyons, which specialized in training artists to decorate luxury fabrics produced by the local silk industry. There he met his teacher, landscape painter Jean-Michel Grobon (1770-1853). Grobon certainly influenced Appian's shift toward the study of nature. Appian's career as a painter began in 1851, when three of his works were exhibited at the Lyons Salon.… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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