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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne — VisualArtsDB

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne

French · b. 1806 — d. 1875

French, 1806–1875

Timeline

Born 1806 — Died 1875

1850s

Figure 55: Astonishment badly rendered by the subject: a ridiculous and inane expression.

Figure 55: Astonishment badly rendered by the subject: a ridiculous and inane expression.

Figure 83: Lady Macbeth, ferocious cruelty

Figure 83: Lady Macbeth, ferocious cruelty

Figure 26: Expression of painful attention and attention, attentive gaze.

Figure 26: Expression of painful attention and attention, attentive gaze.

Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile

Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile

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45 artworks

Figure 55: Astonishment badly rendered by the subject: a ridiculous and inane expression.

Figure 55: Astonishment badly rendered by the subject: a ridiculous and inane expression.

, 1854

Figure 83: Lady Macbeth, ferocious cruelty

Figure 83: Lady Macbeth, ferocious cruelty

, 1854

Figure 26: Expression of painful attention and attention, attentive gaze.

Figure 26: Expression of painful attention and attention, attentive gaze.

, 1854

Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile

Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile

, 1854

Figure 75: Nun saying her prayers

Figure 75: Nun saying her prayers

, 1854

Figure 24: Extreme pain to the point of exhaustion, the head of Christ and memory of love or ecstatic gaze.

Figure 24: Extreme pain to the point of exhaustion, the head of Christ and memory of love or ecstatic gaze.

, 1854

Figure 48: Mild weeping, pity and feeble false laughter

Figure 48: Mild weeping, pity and feeble false laughter

, 1854

Figure 57: Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement

Figure 57: Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement

, 1854

Figure 47: A suggestion of this same weeping

Figure 47: A suggestion of this same weeping

, 1854

Figure 60: Fright

Figure 60: Fright

, 1854

Figure 20: Profound suffering, with resignation

Figure 20: Profound suffering, with resignation

, 1854

Faradisation du muscle frontal

Faradisation du muscle frontal

, 1854

Figure 19: Suffering

Figure 19: Suffering

, 1854

Figure 36: Scornful laughter and scornful disgust

Figure 36: Scornful laughter and scornful disgust

, 1854

Figure 66: Head of Arrotino (the spy, the knife grinder, and so on)

Figure 66: Head of Arrotino (the spy, the knife grinder, and so on)

, 1854

Figure 63: Expression of terror

Figure 63: Expression of terror

, 1854

Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine ou Analyse électro-physiologique de l’expression des passions applicable à la pratique des arts plastiques

Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine ou Analyse électro-physiologique de l’expression des passions applicable à la pratique des arts plastiques

, 1854

Figure 15: Mediation, mental concentration

Figure 15: Mediation, mental concentration

, 1854

Figure 12: A study of the contraction of and the expression produced by the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi

Figure 12: A study of the contraction of and the expression produced by the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi

, 1854

Figure 45: Pain and despair.

Figure 45: Pain and despair.

, 1854

Figure 25: Not an expression of pain

Figure 25: Not an expression of pain

, 1854

Figure 34: Grimace

Figure 34: Grimace

, 1854

Figure 52: Voluntary retraction of the lower lip

Figure 52: Voluntary retraction of the lower lip

, 1854

Figure 39: The attention attracted by an object that provokes lascivious ideas and desires.

Figure 39: The attention attracted by an object that provokes lascivious ideas and desires.

, 1854

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