Paris Park Scene, Jules Frederic Ballavoine, c. 1880s

Jules Frederic (1855-1901) Ballavoine received his formal art training at L’Ecole de Beaux-Arts under the historical painter Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils. Ballavoine debuted at the Salon of 1877, and exhibited at the Salon throughout his career.  At the 1886 Paris Salon, he was awarded a metal for La seance interrompue; throughout his career he received critical acclaim for his delicate still lifes, portraits, Paris street scenes, and historical genre paintings.