| 词条 | Napoléon Bourassa |
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| name = Napoléon Bourassa | image = Napoléon Bourassa Portrait.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bourassa in 1896 | birth_date = 1858 | birth_place = L'Acadie, Quebec, Canada | death_date = 1925 | death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | other_names = | nationality = Canadian | known_for = architect and artist }} Napoléon Bourassa (October 21, 1827 – August 27, 1916) was a prominent Canadian architect, painter and writer whose offices were located in Montreal, Quebec. Early life and trainingBorn in L'Acadie, Quebec, he studied at Sulpician College in Montreal. In 1848, he interned with Norbert Dumas in preparation for a legal career but then chose to become a painter and studied with Theophile Hamel from 1850 to 1852. He continued his education by visiting Paris, Rome and Florence accompanied by the German painter Johann Friedrich Overbeck, a member of the Nazarene movement. After this he established his art studio in Montebello.[1] PracticeBourassa founded and directed the Canadian Journal and became vice-president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. He resided on 430 Rue Bonsecours Montreal. Bourassa had several associates who became famous, including Louis-Philippe Hébert, François-Édouard Meloche and Olindo Gratton. He also sculpted the bust of his father in-law Louis-Joseph Papineau. He designed the "Chapelle Notre-Dame de Lourdes de Montréal" and the "Institut Nazareth et Louis Braille". One of his most familiar paintings is The Apotheosis of Christopher Columbus. In 1880, he founded the National Gallery of Canada with his fellow artists. He consulted in 1883 for the construction of a building to house the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He died August 27, 1916 in Lachenaie. His daughter Adine published his correspondence in 1929. The "Fund-Napoleon Bourassa" was created in his honor at the University of Ottawa.[1] His works were exhibited at Galerie L'Art français[2] FamilyNapoléon Bourassa was married to Azélie Papineau, the daughter of the Quebec politician Louis-Joseph Papineau. One of his sons was Henri Bourassa, a journalist and the founder of the newspaper Le Devoir. Works include
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|last=Vézina|first=Raymond|title=BOURASSA, NAPOLÉON|url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41349|work=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, 1911-1920 (Volume XIV)|publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval|accessdate=26 February 2011}} 2. ^Vie des arts, été 1965, n°39, p. 57, "Galerie L'Art français, 370 ouest, rue Laurier, 10-25 mai: Bourassa" http://www.erudit.org/feuilletage/index.html?va1081917.va1201505@64 3. ^http://www.stanneshrine.com/ St. Anne, Fall River 4. ^{{cite web|title=Members since 1880|url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts|accessdate=11 September 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|archivedate=26 May 2011|df=}} Further reading
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