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Title: Dictionary of painters and engravers
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821 Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942
Subjects: Painters Engravers
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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^ o o ►J o H o t-H o wo PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. foliage first engaged his attention; but he aimedat higher things, and he devoted himself to land-scape. One day, however, as Troyon was sketch-ing at St. Cloud, he fell in with Camille Roqueplan,who, later on, introduced him to Theodore Rousseau,Camille Flers, Diaz, and Jules Dupre\ His firstappearance at the Salon was in 1833, when heexhibited La Maison Colas, Sevres; Fete atSevres; and (A Nook in the Park of St. Cloud.These were more or less marked by the influence ofDavid. Young Troyon now set out upon his travelsthrough the country of Limousin, Cologne andBrittany; and his next contributions to the Salonwere very much more satisfactory—indeed for ACountry Fair in Limousin he was granted a medalof the third class. Tobit and the Angel, exhibitedin 1841, received warm eulogy from Th^ophileGautier, who spoke of his tones as like little bitsof mosaic. For several years his subjects weretaken from the country in the neighbourhood ofPa

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