Artist

Léon Bonnat

Works (3)

John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893)

1880

Roman Girl at a Fountain

1875

An Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child

1869–70

1833

JunLéon Bonnat was born on June 20, 1833, in Bayonne, France.¹

1854

In 1854, Léon Bonnat studied in the ateliers of Paul Delaroche and Leon Cogniet in Paris.¹

1869

Bonnat won a medal of honor in Paris in 1869, going on to become one of the leading artists of his day.¹

1882

Bonnat went on to win the Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and became a professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1882.¹

1905

MayIn May 1905, he succeeded Paul Dubois as director of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.¹

1917

In 1917, Bonnat was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Corresponding member.¹

1922

SepLéon Bonnat died on September 8, 1922, in Monchy-Saint-Éloi, France.¹