Jacqueline Comerre-Paton

Jacqueline Comerre, née Paton (1 May 1859 – 1955) was a French painter and sculptor, and the wife of the painter Léon-François Comerre (1850-1916).[1][2]

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton
Portrait of Jacqueline by Leon Comerre, 1892
Born(1849-05-01)1 May 1849
Died1955 (aged 95-96)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole des Beaux-arts
Known forPainting
Sculpture
Spouse(s)Leon Comerre

Comerre-Paton was born in Paris. Her mother was Émilie-Thérèse Paton (1820 - 1887), known by the pen of Jacques Rozier, a French novelist and playwright. Her father was economist Jules Paton, financial columnist at the Journal des debates.[3]

Jacqueline studied at the École des Beaux-arts under Alexandre Cabanel.[1][4] She was friends with portrait painter Fanny Caillé who reproduced one of her most famous paintings, At the spring .

She received an honorable mention in 1881 and a medal at the Versailles exhibition.

Her painting Mistletoe was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[5][6]

Comerre-Paton died in Paris.[1]

Selected works[1][7][8]

  • The Annunciation
  • An ass skin (Donkey skin)
  • At the spring
  • La chanson des bois
  • Chaperon rouge
  • Faneuse
  • L'Ignorance
  • Jeune fille aux papillons
  • Jeune fille à la source
  • Jeune Hollandaise
  • Mignon
  • Mistletoe
  • Portrait de Mlle. Marguerite Ugalde
  • Portrait de paysanne
  • Sonioutchka
  • A young beauty
  • Young Dutch

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