Excerpt from Catalogue of the Geo; L. Crosby Collection of Oil Paintings: To Be Sold at Auction by Order of His Executor, C. H. Patterson, Esq. Thursday Evening, March 28, 1901, at 8: 15 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria<br><br>Beraud, who was born of French parents in St. Petersburg, Russia, is one of the most interesting figures in the art life of Paris. Ivhile he was a student at the Lycée Bonaparte, there came the seige of Paris, and he served in the Guarde Mobile. Subsequently he entered the stu dio of Bonnat and sent his first picture to the Salon of 1874. Attracted by the gaiety and sparkle of life in the Paris streets, he constituted himself the historian of that particular city, and his name is as sociated with pictures of the beautiful architecture, the fashionable crowds and tl e movement of the world's metropolis. Not content with his successes in that di rection, he painted some subjects, with certain departures, that started all Paris talking. This was the introduction of the figure of Christ into assemblages of people in modern attire. One was a dinner party.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.