Amazonian Indians Worshiping the Sun God (ca. 1860)

François Biard: Amazonian Indians Worshiping the Sun God

Soirée at the Louvre (1855)

François Biard: Une Soirée au Louvre chez le Comte de Nieuwerkerke en 1855

François Biard

 Passage of the Line

  

 The General Delivery

  

Triumph of a Tenor during a Musical Matinée

The Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies (1849)

François Biard: Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 27 April 1848

Four O'Clock at the Salon (1847)

François Biard: Four O'Clock at the Salon

The Walrus Hunt (1841)

François Biard: The Walrus Hunt

Back to the Arctic with M. Biard...

Pastor Laestadius Preaching to the Sami (1840)

François Biard: Pastor Laestadius Preaching to the Sami

Magdalena Bay (1840)

François Biard: Magdalena Bay

The Duke of Orleans Received in a Lapp Camp (1840)

François Biard: The Duke of Orleans Received in a Lapp Camp

The Duke of Orleans Descending the Great Rapid (1840)

François Biard: The Duke of Orleans Descending the 

Great Rapid of Eijampaïka on Mionio River in Lappland

First of a series of paintings of Lappland done by Biard in 1840.

The Polar Bear Hunt (1838)

François Biard: The Polar Bear Hunt

François Biard traveled extensively, including to the arctic, which inspired a number of his paintings, including this dramatic scene. He was also an ardent advocate for the abolition of slavery.