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Jefferson D. Chalfant (1856–1931)
Bouguereau's Atelier at the Académie Julian, Paris, 1891
Oil on wood panel; 11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (28.6 x 36.8 cm)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd to The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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William Bouguereau (1825–1905) was among the leading academic painters who taught at the Académie Julian, the most popular school for aspiring American artists in Paris. Chalfant, who was enrolled at the Académie from 1890 until 1892, portrayed students focusing intently on their renderings of one of the two nude models in a crowded classroom. The life studies in oil and charcoal in the foreground are typical weekly exercises.
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