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Augustus Jules Bouvier
Augustus Jules Bouvier (1827–1881) was a French-born English painter active in London. He exhibited at the British Institution and the Royal Academy. He is best known for oil paintings of women of the English aristocracy, but also was an accomplished water colourist.
Career.
Augustus Bouvier was the son of Paris-born artist Jules Bouvier (1800-1867), who moved to London with his family in 1818. His brother, Gustavus Arthur Bouvier, also became a British figure painter.
Bouvier
Bouvier may refer to:
People.
Bouvier, a French surname, is the last name of several notable people:
- Augustus Jules Bouvier, English artist
- Charles Bouvier, Swiss bobsledder
- Edith Bouvier, aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; appeared in the documentary film "Grey Gardens" (1975)
- Eugène Louis Bouvier, French zoologist
- Hélène Bouvier, French mezzo-soprano
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier), (1929–1994), the First Lady to John