DAGNAN-BOUVERET, PASCAL ADOLPHE JEAN (1852-1929), French painter, born in Paris on Feb. 7, 185 2. He studied under Gerome at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, and first attracted notice by his picture "A Wedding at the Photographers" in the Salon of 1879. He joined the movement, initiated by Bastien-Lepage in France, which took up the study of contempo rary life. From 188o onwards he made Brittany with its rustic types his special sphere of study. A harmonious green tone per vades his open-air effects. He is a fine draughtsman and also prac tises lithography. For the Sorbonne he painted a large panel representing Apollo and the Muses.