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Prud'hon

[ proo-dawn ]

noun

  1. Pierre Paul [pye, r, pawl], Pierre Prudon, 1758–1823, French painter.


Prud'hon

/ prydɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Prud'honPierre Paul17581823MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Pierre Paul (pjɛr pɔl). 1758–1823, French painter, noted for the romantic and mysterious aura of his portraits


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One might say that he has thought here of Prudhon and Greuze, and joined their study to the cult of Velasquez.

Prudhon was ten years younger than David, and was born at Cluny, the tenth child of a poor stone cutter.

Prudhon himself now went to Italy—a journey accompanied by serious difficulties.

That he was married and several times a father she never knew, till one day Madame Prudhon arrived with the children.

Prudhon lingered on for two years more, two long years spent as it were in exile.

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