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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Charming the Birds
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An expatriate painter, noted for figure painting of peasants as well as
Classical, Biblical scenes, mythology subjects, and still lifes,
William Babcock was born
in Boston, Massachusetts but lived most of his life in
France. In
1847, he became one of the first Americans to study with Thomas Couture
in Paris.
He then went to the village of Barbizon where, along with other American artists, he did
peasant genre paintings. He became good friends with Jean-Francois
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