CHARLES EMILE JACQUE (French /
1813-1894)
The Barbizon painter Charles Émile Jacque was born and died in Paris. Jacque was apprenticed to an engraver of maps at the age of 17; wishing to become an artist, he made his first orginal etching at this period, a head of a woman after Rembrandt. Unable to support himself as an artist, Charles Jacque then joned the army for a period of seven years, taking part in the siege of Anvers. During this time Jacque continued making drawings, which he sold for a franc apiece. After a further two years as a wood engraver in England, Charles Jacque returned to France, and established himself in Paris. He made his Salon debut with etchings in 1845. Jacque became a prominent member of the group of plein-air landscape painters known as the Barbizon School. He was particularly close to Théodore Rousseau, and influenced by Millet, who was his neighbour at Barbizon for many years.
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Selected prints by
CHARLES EMILE JACQUE
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A cottage,
1865
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L'escalier,
1845
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Le retour du
troupeau,
1888
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CHARLES EMILE JACQUE
