BOUTET DE MONVEL, MAURICE ), French painter and illustrator, born at Orleans, studied in Paris under Cabanel, J. Lefebvre, Parrot and Carolus Duran. His first successes were obtained by his "Good Samaritan" (museum at Orleans) and "Arabes revenant du Marche" (museum at Amiens). But his talent lay chiefly with illustrations and water-colours, deli cate in execution and charming in composition—"La Farce de M. Pathelin"; "Chansons et Rondes pour les Enfants"; "Chansons de France"; "Nos Enfants" and "La Vie de Jeanne d'Arc." He also executed three large mural decorations in the basilica at Dom remy illustrating scenes from the life of Jeanne d'Arc.