Jean baptiste claude robie biography of mahatma
Jean baptiste claude robie biography of mahatma
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Jean-Baptiste Robie
Jean-Baptiste Robie | |
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Portrait of Robie, c. 1894 | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Robie 1821 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 1910 n/a |
| Occupation | Painter |
Jean-Baptiste Robie or Jean Robie (1821–1910) was a Belgian painter who specialised in still lifes with flowers and fruit.[1] He later painted seascapes, landscapes and Oriental scenes based on his travels in the Middle East, India and Ceylon.[2] He was also a writer who wrote about his travels in the East, an autobiographical essay and art theoretical works.[1]
Life
He was born in Brussels, the son of a smith, and was initially self-taught.[3] With the encouragement of his friend the artist Théodore Fourmois he later began studying at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with Balthazar-François Tasson (later Tasson-Snel) and exhibited at the Brussels Salon from 1843 to 1875, as well as at the Paris Salon and elsewhere.[1]
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