Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld
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Jean-Pierre-Xavier Bidauld (1743 - 1813) was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 painter, mainly of landscapes and still life
Still life
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...

s. Born in Carpentras
Carpentras
Carpentras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It stands on the banks of the Auzon...

, he died in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

. He was the older brother, and first teacher, of Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld
Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld
Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld was a French painter.A native of the city of Carpentras, Bidauld first studied painting with his elder brother, Jean-Pierre-Xavier, in Lyons. In 1783 he traveled to Paris, there winning the favor of an art dealer and perfume seller named Dulac...

; he was also the father-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Guimet
Jean-Baptiste Guimet
Jean-Baptiste Guimet , French industrial chemist, was born at Voiron, Isère.He studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris, and in 1817 entered the Administration des Poudres et Salpêtres...

 and grandfather of Émile Étienne Guimet
Émile Étienne Guimet
Émile Étienne Guimet was a French industrialist, traveler and connoisseur.He was born at Lyon and succeeded his father in the direction of his "artificial ultramarine" factory...

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