Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (1824-88)
was a French figure painter. He was born at Paris, studied with
Delaroche and Jollivet, and in 1849 took the Prix de Rome. His
paintings are prime examples of academic art of the time,
particularly history painting. They include a "Moorish Cafe" (1848),
"Cæsar at the Rubicon" (1865), the "Promenade in the Street of
Tombs, Pompeii" (1869), and "The Slave Market" (1888). The recipient
of many medals, he became a member of the Institut de France in
1882.
