Joseph Beaume

Joseph Beaume (27 September 1796 in Marseilles – 11 September 1885 in Paris) was a French historical painter.^[1][2][3]

Joseph Beaume
Died	Paris
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting

Napoleon leaving Elba, painted by Beaume.

Biography

Baume was a favourite pupil of Antoine-Jean Gros and a frequent contributor to the Salon between 1819 and 1878. In the time of King Louis Philippe he was commissioned to paint several large battle-pieces for Versailles. His "Henri III. on his Death-bed" was in the Luxembourg in 1903.^[3]

In 1836 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.^[4] He died in Paris in September 1885.^[2][3]

Notes

1. Joseph Beaume on artnet.
2. Leslie 1885, p. 87 col. 3.
3. Williamson 1903, p. 102.
4. Ministère de la culture.

References

• "Joseph Beaume Auction Results", Joseph Beaume on artnet, retrieved 18 March 2017
• Leslie, Frank (26 September 1885), "Deaths of the Week", Frank Leslie's Illustrated News Paper, vol. 59–61, p. 87 "Joseph Beaume, a distinguished French painter aged 87 years"
• "Base Léonore", Ministère de la culture (in French), retrieved 20 April 2017

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Williamson, George C., ed. (1903), "Beaume, Joseph", Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–C), vol. I (New, revised and enlarged ed.), London: George Bell & Sons, p. 102

External links

• Media related to Joseph Beaume at Wikimedia Commons