All Auguste Borget's oil paintings
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78286  
Auguste Borget, A View of Junks on the Pearl River
  		A View of Junks on the Pearl River oil on canvas painting Borget, 1845 Date 1845 cyf
78301  
Auguste Borget, Mosque on the Banks of the Ganges, India
  		Mosque on the Banks of the Ganges, India oil on canvas painting by Auguste Borget, 1846 Date 1846(1846) cyf
96519  
Auguste Borget, Spring
  		Spring 1911(1911) Medium oil on canvas cyf
Auguste Borget
Auguste Borget (1808-1877) was a French artist who is best known for his drawings and prints of exotic places, in particular China. He was born in 1808 in Issoudun, Indre. At age 21, he went to Paris where he became a close friend of Honore de Balzac. Borget periodically exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1836 to 1859. Beginning in 1836, he traveled through North and South America before stopping briefly in Honolulu in May, 1838, on board the ship "Psyche", on a world tour. He went to Canton in September 1838 and stayed in the region for 10 months. While in Canton, he met the English artist George Chinnery, and they went on sketching trips together. In July 1839 he visited Manila, Singapore and Calcutta. In 1840 he traveled widely in India, returning to Paris in the summer of that year. Borgetes sketches and watercolors from China were the basis for his most famous publication "Sketches of China and the Chinese", published in 1842. His book "La Chine ouverte" was illustrated with fine woodcut engravings. A major Salon of his original works, including watercolors and boldly executed oil paintings was held in Paris in 1843. Borget died in 1877.



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