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Rh At the Salon of the Artistes Frangais, 1903, Mme. Bloch exhibited a " Portrait of M. Frédéric Passy, Member of the Institute."

Boccardo, Lina Zerbinah. Rome.
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Boemm, Ritta. A Hungarian artist. Has been much talked of in Dresden. She certainly possesses distinguished talents, and is easily in the front rank of Dresden women artists. Her gouache pictures dealing with Hungarian subjects, a "Village Street," a "Peasant Farm," a "Churchyard," exhibited at Dresden in 1892, were well drawn and full of sentiment, but lacking in color sense and power. She works unevenly and seems pleased when she succeeds in setting a scene cleverly. She paints portraits also, mostly in pastel, which are spirited, but not especially good likenesses. What she can do in the way of color may be seen in her" Village Street in Winter," a picture of moderate size, in which the light is exquisite ; unfortunately most of her painting is less admirable than this.

Boissonnas, Mme. Caroline Sordet. Honorable mention at the Salon of Lyons, 1897. Member of the Exposition Permanente Amis des Beaux-Arts, Geneva. Born in Geneva. Pupil of the School of Fine Arts, Geneva, under Prof. F. Gillet and M. E. Ravel.

This artist paints portraits principally. She has been successful, and her pictures are in Geneva, Lausanne, Vevey, Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Dresden, Naples, etc.

Bompiani-Battaglia, Clelia. Born in Rome, 1847.