Bounieu, Michel Honore

Bounieu, Michel Honore, a French painter and engraver, was born at Marseilles in 1740, and studied in Paris under M. Pierre. In 1775 he was elected a royal academician. He died in 1814. The following are some of his principal religious engravings: Adam and Eve driven from Paradise; Magdalene Penitent; The Deluge. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.