Charles Emile Jacque (1813-1894)
Pastoral Scene, oil on canvas, 28.75" x 23.75"
.French artist. Charles Emile Jacque began his training in
engraving as an apprentice to a map engraver. After a brief
military service, he made his Salon debut in 1832. In effort to
avoid the plague in Paris, he relocated with his family to the
artist's colony of Barbizon in 1849, on a property adjoining
fellow artist, Jean-Francois Millet, at the edge of
Fontainebleau Forest. Although Jacque arrived at the rural
village as a printmaker and a sometime chronicler of peasant
life, he evolved one of the principal animaliers of 19th century
France. During the 1860s, Jacque's international fame and
financial success far exceeded that of the other members of
the Barbizon School, such as Millet or Rousseau. His
paintings of shepherdesses sheltering their flocks in the
shadow of the great oaks of the Forest of Fontainebleau
become one of the defining images of Barbizon paintings. He
was awarded to the Legion d'honneur in 1867. Jacque's
etchings were inspired by the revival of seventeenth century
Dutch techniques, embodying a sense of freedom and
frankness. He also provided the illustration for many books,
including Oliver Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, Alexander
de Larborde's Ancient and Modern Versailles, and the works
of Shakespeare.
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