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Léon Bazile Perrault | La venditrice di rose

Léon Bazile Perrault ( Poitiers, 16 giugno 1832-1908, Royan) era un pittore accademico Francese.
È nato da una famiglia modesta.
Studente diWilliam Bouguereau e François-Edouard Picot, espose al Salon dal 1863 in poi, producendo molte opere di genere immensamente popolari.
Nel 1887 fu decorato con la Légion d'honneur.







Léon Bazile Perrault (1832-1908) was a French academic painter.
He was born to a modest family.
A student of William Bouguereau and François-Edouard Picot, he exhibited at the Salon from 1863 onwards, producing many genre works which were immensely popular.
He was famous for his le petit naufragé (The little shipwrecked boy, 1874) and his paintings of children.