Pierre Bonirote
A Greek Fisherman Narrating His Adventures In Front Of Cape Sounion
Pierre Bonirote, born on April 6, 1811 in Lyon and died in Orliénas on May 24, 1891 (at 80 years), was a French painter.
Biography
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Pierre Bonirote, 1856
Pierre Bonirote entered the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1824 and studied painting with Pierre Révoil and Claude Bonnefond. He exhibited his first painting entitled A Little Savoyarde Wounded at the Foot in Lyon in 1833, a canvas acquired by the Society of Friends of the Arts.
After a two-year trip to Italy where he met Ingres and Hippolyte Flandrin, he was recommended in 1840 by Ingres to the Duchess of Plaisance to found a school of painting in Athens. He directed this school for three years and returned to France in 1843.
He was appointed professor at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon in April 1852, in the 2nd Division of the Principles class, then replacing Michel-Philibert Genod in the 1st Division and finally succeeding Joseph Guichard in the painting class in 1871.
Pierre Bonirote retired in 1874.
Achievements
Pierre Bonirote painted the following works:
Young Roman girls at the fountain, 18371;
Woman in Italian costume, sitting on rocks, by the sea, 18402;
The Neapolitan improviser, 1842, exhibition of Paris;
Albanian girl, 1842, acquired by the king of Greece Otho I;
Portrait of the Duchess of Placentia, the Queen of Greece, Admiral Canaris, Admiral Botzaris, Princesses Soutzo, 1842;
La Romaïka (In Greek), 1843, exhibition of Paris, acquired by the city;
Woman of Smyrna, 1844;
Arab Fountain, 1844, acquired by the Society of Friends of the Arts;
The odalisque au narghile, 1844, acquired by Augustin-Alexandre Thierriat;
The temple of Erechtheus, 1845, exhibition of Paris;
The Greek baptism, 1845, exhibition of Paris;
His portrait, 18453;
View of the Parthenon, 1846;
Mater Amabilis, 1846, Lyon exhibition, Courajod collection;
The evening prayer, 1847, exhibition of Paris;
Introduction of the manufacture of silk stuffs at Lyons, 18494, acquired by the city;
Interior of the time of Louis XIV, 1849;
Saint-Clair and Saint-Joseph, 1850, church of Chatillon-en-Michaille;
Charles VIII ennoblishing the Échevins, 1851, collection Desgrand;
Souvenir of the Villa Boerghese, 1851;
Portrait of Bishop Miolan, 1854;
Jean Gerson, 1856, medalist;
Rest of the Greek Shepherds, 1859;
Phryne posing at Apelles, 1861, exhibition of Paris;
Greek fishermen, 1862;
View of the Acropolis, 1863, Livet collection;
View of Venice, 1863, Collection Colombat.
Bibliography
T. d'Or, A Note on Pierre Bonirote, painter from Lyons, professor at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, founder of the School of Painting in Athens, Lyon, Imprimerie Mougin-Rusand, January 1892, 6 p. (Read online [archive]) Document used to write the article
Notes and references
↑ Record number M0350002173 [archive], base Joconde, French Ministry of Culture
↑ Record No. 50350015778 [archive], base Joconde, French Ministry of Culture
↑ Record No. 000PE025858 [archive], base Joconde, French Ministry of Culture
↑ Record No. 000PE025847 [archive], base Joconde, French Ministry of Culture
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