Alexandre Bida

Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French painter.^[1]

Alexandre Bida
Alexandre Bida, ca 1855
Born	1813 Toulouse, France
Died	1895 Buhl, Germany
Known for	Painting

Life

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.^[2]

Of Bida's work, it was said^[who?] 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.^[3]

Gallery

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  And Jesus Said: This Day is Salvation Come to This House, crayon paper, 62.8 × 48 cm, crayon on paper. Walters Art Museum.
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  At the Fountain, 19th century, ink with scraping on cream, 22.7 x 25.2 cm. Walters Art Museum.
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  Woman Kneeling at Prie-dieu, 1865
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  Frédéric and Bernerette
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  An Albanian soldier
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  Jesus eating with sinners and tax-collectors
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  Jesus heals the leper
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  Jesus and Nicodemus, 1874
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  The miracle of the fishes
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  The parable of the sower