(June 30, 1799 - June 20, 1882) was a French genre painter. Born at Lyon, he traveled around the world, sketching on the way. He was particularly successful in rendering burlesque groups. His painting, Scenes on the Coast of Africa, depicted on the right, was the inspiration behind Isaac Julien's short film The Attendant (1993). Biard was a known abolitionist against the Atlantic slave trade. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Auguste François Biard This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.   Related Paintings of Francois-Auguste Biard :. | Sitting in the window of the Nude | Train in the Snow | Portrait of Zorn | Portrat des Jean-Jacques Rousseau | raphael and the fornarina |
Related Artists:
Gustave Leonard de Jonghe
painted Changeable Weather in 1875-76
Marcel Couchaux
painted Pecheurs dans le port de Honfleur in 1920
Otto Pilny
Swiss, 1866 - 1936