Alexandre Cabanel

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Alexandre Cabanel
Self-Portrait, 1852, Musée Fabre
Born	(1823-09-28)28 September 1823 Montpellier, France
Died	23 January 1889(1889-01-23) (aged 65) Paris, France
Education	François-Édouard Picot
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Birth of Venus
Movement	Academicism
Awards	Prix de Rome
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Alexandre Cabanel (French: [kabanɛl]; 28 September 1823 – 23 January 1889) was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style.^[1] He was also well known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of L'art pompier, and was Napoleon III's preferred painter.^[2]