BRASCASSAT

brascassat, jacques raymond (1804-1867), french painter, was born at bordeaux, and studied art in paris, where in 1825 he won a _prix de rome_ with a picture ("chasse de meleagre") now in the bordeaux gallery. he went to italy and painted a number of landscapes which were exhibited between 1827 and 1835; but subsequently he devoted himself mainly to animal-painting, in which his reputation as an artist was made. his "lutte de taureaux" (1837), in the _musee_ at nantes, and his "vache attaquee par des loups" (1845), in the leipzig museum, were perhaps the best of his pictures; but he was remarkable for his accuracy of observation and correct drawing. he was elected a member of the institute in 1846. he died at paris on the 28th of february 1867.