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 (36 total)
- Young Greek Man in Conversation with a Priest
- Portrait de M. Bréton pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Cantinière du 21ème Bataillon. 1870
- Portrait de M. Goumy pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- An Ass–Driver
- Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) c. 1850s
- Café in Constantinople 1847
- Nubien (Baquâb), A Nubian 1851
- Portrait d’Armand Templier en uniforme de mobile. 1870
- Arabe du Hedjâz, An Arab of the Hedjaz 1851
- Portrait de G. Fouret pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Portrait de M.P. Joanne pendant le siège de Paris 1870
- Souvenirs d’ Égypte par Alex. Bida et E. Barbot 1851
- Portrait de Ed. Guérin pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Head of a Bearded Man, Looking Right
- A Fellah Woman
- Tête de moine barbu 19th century
- Portrait d’ Emile Templier pendant le siège de Paris. 1870
- Portrait de Georges Hachette. 1870
- Femme Fellâh du Caire, A Fellâh Woman of Cairo 1851