Alexandre Bida

Alexandre Bida
Alexandre Bida
	Alexandre Bida, ca 1855
Born	1813; Toulouse, France
Died	1895; Buhl, Germany
Known for	Painting

Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French painter.^[1]

Life

He was born in Toulouse, and specialized in Orientalism and studied under Eugène Delacroix, but with an artist's eye for precision and perfection, he soon developed his own style. During Bida's youth, he traveled and worked in Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Palestine. He became well known for his exhibition shows during the period between 1847 and 1861. He was also an illustrator of the Holy Bible. As a Bible illustrator, Bida's Les Saints Evangeles was published in 1873. In it, the four gospels were enriched by his twenty-eight etchings.^[2]

Of Bida's work, it was said^[who?] that he brought a truth and genius that made his Christ reverent, refined, dignified, and strong. He died in Buhl, Germany in 1895 at the age of 82.^[3]

Gallery

And Jesus Said: This Day is Salvation Come to This House, crayon paper, 62.8 × 48 cm, crayon on paper. Walters Art Museum.
At the Fountain, 19th century, ink with scraping on cream, 22.7 x 25.2 cm. Walters Art Museum.
Woman Kneeling at Prie-dieu, 1865
Frédéric and Bernerette
An Albanian soldier
Jesus eating with sinners and tax-collectors
Jesus heals the leper
Jesus and Nicodemus, 1874