Joseph-Charles Franchère

Joseph-Charles Franchère (March 4, 1866 – May 12, 1921) is a painter in Montreal, Quebec.

For other uses, see Franchère.

Biography

A native of Montreal, Joseph-Charles Franchère studied painting at Conseil des arts et manufactures de la Province de Quebec,[1] with Joseph Chabert and François-Xavier-Édouard Meloche. He studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and at the Académie Colarossi from 1888.

Admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts, he sent his achievements to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He teaches in the institute founded by Joseph Chabert as well as at National monument.

Tombstone of Joseph Charles Franchère (1867-1921)

Franchère notably painted for the chapel of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of the basilica of Our Lady of Montreal. Also an illustrator, he drew for his friend the abbot Lionel Groulx in a country style.[1]

He died in 1921 in Montreal and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[2]

Works
  • The Virgin of the apocalypse (1892)
  • The Multiplication of the Loaves (1893)
  • Christ consoling the afflicted (1895)
  • Autoportrait (1894), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[3]
  • Sillery seen from the Plains of Abraham (1895)
  • Reading by the sea, Trois-Pistoles (1900), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[4]
  • Return from the ball (undated) (exhibited at the Joliette Art Museum)
  • Dr. Hingston's operating room, 1905

References
  2. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
  3. "Autoportrait|Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec". collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  4. "Reading by the sea | Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec". collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
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