Alexandre Bida
Precise Orientalist and Bible illustrator
F. Alexandre Bida was a French painter. He was born in Toulouse, and specialized in Orientalism and studied under Eugène Delacroix, but with an artist's eye for precision and perfection, he soon developed his own style. During Bida's youth, he traveled and worked in Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Palestine. He became well known for his exhibition shows during the period between 1847 and 1861. He was also an illustrator of the Holy Bible. As a Bible illustrator, Bida's Les Saints Evangeles was published in 1873. In it, the four gospels were enriched by his twenty-eight etchings. Of Bida's work, it was said that he brought a truth and genius that made his Christ reverent, refined, dignified, and strong. He died in Buhl, Germany in 1895 at the age of 82.
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Master student
- Eugène Delacroix Master
- Jean-Paul Laurens Student
Artworks by this artist
- Souvenirs d’ Égypte par Alex. Bida et E. Barbot 1851
- Joueuse de Tarabouqa, A Girl Performing on the Tarabouqa 1851
- The Chess Players 1879
- Bearded Man in Profile (recto) – Woman Looking Up (verso)
- A Fellah Woman
- Portrait de G. Clairin, artiste peintre, pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Arnaout (Albanais), An Arnout (Albanese) 1851
- Anier, An Ass-Driver 1851
- Bearded Man Looking Up – Cloaked Figure with Raised Arms
- Femme Fellâh du Caire, A Fellâh Woman of Cairo 1851
- Portrait de Ed. Guérin pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Portrait de Georges Duruy. 1870
- Tête de moine barbu 19th century
- Femme Voilée, A Women with the Veil 1851
- Portrait de M. Goumy pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Femme Fellâh, A Fellah Woman 1851
- Nubien (Baquâb), A Nubian 1851
- Young Greek Man in Conversation with a Priest
- Portrait de M. Bréton pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Portrait de M.P. Joanne pendant le siège de Paris 1870