Jean-Jacques Scherrer
Jean-Jacques Scherrer (born September 29, 1855 in Lutterbach , Haute-Rhin département , † May 16, 1916 in Paris ) was a French painter of Alsatian origin.
Life
When the Franco-Prussian War ended in 1871 with the Peace of Frankfurt , Scherrer voted for French citizenship. In the same year he went to Paris and became a student in the workshop of the sculptor Pierre-Jules Cavelier (1814-1894).
He later moved to the École des Beaux-Arts (EBA) and was there a. a. taught by Alexandre Cabanel . Through its sponsorship, Scherrer was invited in 1877 to take part in the major annual exhibition of the Salon de Paris .
In 1880, Scherrer married Mathilde Haquette, a porcelain painter from the Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris , and had two children with her, Lucie-Marthe (1884–1979) and Jean (* 1887).
Scherrer died at the age of not quite 61 on May 16, 1916 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.
Honors
- In 1889 his work Isabeau de Bavière was awarded a bronze medal at the World Exhibition in Paris .
Works (selection)
- L'assassinat du maréchal Brune . 1881.
- Beaurepaire , le capitulation de Verdun, le 2 septembre 1792 . 1883.
- L'entrée de Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans .
- Isabeau de Bavière . 1889.
- Charlotte Corday .
- Rouget de L'Isle composant la Marseillaise .
literature
- Emmanuel Bénézit (ed.): Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . New edition Grund, Paris 1999 ff.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherrer, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lutterbach , Haute-Rhin department |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1916 |
| Place of death | Paris |