Billet, Jean,
French foreman,
in 1535 together with Gilet Contesse he carried out
the works of the vault in the church of hatel-Censoir (Yonne). The
church’s
nave and aisle are of noble and advanced nature in the period of
renaissance.
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Billet, Nicolas,
master
of tapestry, worked in Valenciennes at around 1728 and produced
Gobelins
with countryside scenes according to designs of a certain Dubois. About
20 years ago a number of Gobelins signed „Billet, Valenciennes“
appeared
on the market displaying landscape sceneries with vaulted arbours and
box-tree-Parterres
(„Parterres de Broderie“)
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Billet, Etienne,
portrait-
and genre-painter born on December 26th,1821 in Marseille,
pupil of Drolling and L. Cogniet. He repeatedly
exhibited
his works in the Paris Salon between 1845 and 1859
„Nymphs surprised by Fauns“
„Young Armenian Girls at the Fountain“
„Napoleon II“, (1853) - Museum Arenenberg,
Switzerland
In the year 1860 he exhibited his „Caravan in
the Dessert“ and was praised by the critics.
Napoleon II
Etienne Billet, 1853
"The Desert Hunt"
Etienne Billet
Billet, Pierre,
French
painter and etcher of the 19th century, born in Catin (Nord) was
dedicated
to genre-painting and was believed to be one of Jules Bretons pupil’s.
Work of P. Billet are:
„Young Farmer’s Wife“ (1867)
„Consequences of a Game of Cards“
„Expectation“ (1868)
„The Fisherman of Ambleteuse“ (1869) Museum of
Bordeaux.
„Fisherman at Boulogne“ (1870) Museum of Lille
„Norman Coast“ (1872) formerly at the Museum in
Luxembourg
„Return from the Market“ (1873)
„Winter“ (1875)
„Fountain in Ypern“ (1876)
"Ramaseusses de Bois"
Pierre Billet
P. Billet’s works are also to be found in private collections in the USA (e.g. E. Davis and Aug. Belmont in New York and Parsens in St. Louis).
Pierre Billet has produced a number of etchings.