Paul-Louis BOUCHARD (1853-1937)

French painter, born in Paris in 1853. Died in 1937 in Paris. Painter of history, compositions with characters, landscapes. A student of Boulanger and Lefebvre, he exhibited regularly at the Salon de Paris between 1880 and 1930, and more particularly at the French Salon. He was made Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1924. He began with historical compositions inspired in particular by medieval history, then his horizon extended to the East and Russia. (Ref Benezit)

MUSEUM :
– Paris (Museum of Modern Art), Munich, Liège, Gray, Meaux

BIBLIOGRAPHY :
– Bénézit, “Dictionnaire des peintres”, Gründ, 1999
– Gérald Schurr, “Les petits maîtres de la peinture”, les éditions de l’amateur, 1989