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Jean-Baptiste Robie
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Jean-Baptiste Robie or Jean Robie (1821–1910) was a Belgian painter who specialised in still lifes with flowers and fruit.[1] He later painted seascapes, landscapes and Oriental scenes based on his travels in the Middle East, India and Ceylon.[2] He was also a writer who wrote about his travels in the East, an autobiographical essay and art theoretical works.[1]
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He was born in Brussels, the son of a smith, and was initially self-taught.[3] With the encouragement of his friend the artist Théodore Fourmois he later began studying at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels with Balthazar-François Tasson (later Tasson-Snel) and exhibited at the Brussels Salon from 1843 to 1875, as well as at the Paris Salon and elsewhere.[1]
He also wrote many travel books based on his extensive travels as far as India.
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