BOUGUEREAU, MME. ELIZABETH JANE. See Gardner.

BOULANGER, MME. MARIE ELIZABETH. Medals at the Paris Salon in 1836 and 1839.  Born in Paris, 1810.  Her family name was Blavot, and after the death of M. Boulanger she married M. Cave, director of the Academy of the Beaux-Arts.  Her picture of “The Virgin in Tears” is in the Museum of Rouen; and “The Children’s Tournament,” a triptych, was purchased by the Government.

BOURRILLON-TOURNAY, MME. JEANNE. Medal of the second class at Exposition Universelle at Lyons; silver medal at Versailles; honorable mention at Paris Salon, 1896; the two prizes of the Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs—­les Palmes Academique, 1895; the Rosette of an Officer of the Public Instruction in 1902.  Member of the Societe des Artistes Francais, of the Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs, and of the Association de Baron Taylor.  Born at Paris, 1870.  Pupil of Ferdinand Humbert and G. C. Saintpierre.

This artist paints portraits, and among them are those of a “Young Girl,” which belongs to the general Council of the Seine; one of the Senator Theophile Roussel, of the Institute, and a portrait of an “Aged Lady,” both purchased by the Government; one of M. Auguste Boyer, councillor of the Court of Cassation, and many others.

At the Salon des Artistes Francais, 1902, Mme. Bourrillon-Tournay exhibited two portraits, one being that of her mother; in 1903, that of M. Boyer and one of Mme. B.

BOWEN, LOTA. Member of Society of Women Artists, London, the Tempera Society, and the “91” Art Club.  Born at Armley, Yorkshire.  Studied in Ludovici’s studio, London; later in Rome under Santoro, and in the night classes of the Circolo Artistico.

Her pictures are principally landscapes, and are chiefly in private collections in England.  Among the most important are “On the Venetian Lagoons,” “Old Stone Pines, Lido, Venice,” “Evening on Lake Lugano,” “Evening Glow on the Dolomites,” “The Old Bird Fancier,” “Moonrise on Crowborough, Sussex.”  All these have been exhibited at the Academy.

“Miss Lota Bowen constantly receives most favorable notices of her works in magazines and journals.  She is devotedly fond of her art, and has sought subjects for her brush in many European byways, as well as in North Africa, Turkey, and Montenegro.  She paints portraits and figure subjects; has a broad, swinging brush and great love of ‘tone.’  Miss Bowen has recently built a studio, in Kensington, after her own design.  She is in London from Christmas time to August, when she makes an annual journey for sketching.”

BOZZINO, CANDIDA LUIGIA. Silver medal at Piacenza.  Born at Piacenza, 1853.  Pupil of her father.  Her portrait of Alessandro Manzoni was her prize picture.  The “Madonna of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” was painted on a commission from the Bishop of Piacenza, who presented it to Pope Pius IX.; after being exhibited at the Vatican, it was sent to the Bishop of Jesi, for the church of Castelplanio.  Other celebrated works of hers are a “Holy Family,” the “Madonna of Lourdes,” and several copies of the “Via Crucis,” by Viganoni.