Jean Béraud

Jean Béraud ( born December 31, 1848jul / January 12 1849greg in Saint Petersburg, .. † October 4, 1935 in Paris) was a French painter and graphic artist.

Life

Jean Béraud was the son of the sculptor Jean Béraud and his wife Geneviève Eugénie Jacquin in Saint Petersburg to the world. For the family to be members of his twin sister Mélanie and sisters Adrienne and Estelle. The Jean Beraud's family lived at the time of his birth in St. Petersburg, as his father, a sculptor who was professionally active here. Presumably, he contributed to the completion of the new St. Isaac's Cathedral. After the death of father in 1853 the family returned to Paris. Here he first attended the Lycée Bonaparte (now the Lycée Condorcet ) and then took a law degree to become a lawyer. After the Franco-German War he decided, however, for an artistic education. Béraud visited two years, the École des Beaux -Arts and became a pupil of Léon Bonnat. Then moved Béraud own studio in Montmartre.

From 1873 to 1889 he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon. He received first recognition here in 1876 for the painting Le Retour de l' enterrement ( The way home from the funeral ). Since 1885 Béraud was a member of the Société des Pastellistes, which showed at the World Expo 1889 in its own pavilion works of its members. Béraud was awarded a gold medal here. From 1890 to 1929 he exhibited his paintings at the Salon de la Société Nationale, which he founded along with Auguste Rodin, Jean -Louis -Ernest Meissonier and Puvis de Chavannes.

1894 Jean Béraud received the appointment as an officer of the Legion of Honour. In February 1897, he served his friend Marcel Proust 's second when he is dueling with the critic Jean Lorrain. Towards the end of the 19th century, he devoted himself less to his own painting, but worked in the organization of the Société Nationale des Beaux -Arts, in numerous exhibition committees and juries. Jean Béraud had never married and no children. His grave is located next to the mother and twin sister in the Cimetière Montparnasse.

Work

His teacher Bonnat following, Béraud began his career as a portrait painter. In 1875 he turned to Leda for the first time to a mythological theme. The Retour 1876 at the Salon de l' issued enterrement brought the breakthrough for the artist. In this he showed mourners after the funeral in entspanter atmosphere. While a man lighting a cigar, other people being interviewed. This street scene was the start of many similar motifs. His depictions of the Champs- Elysées, the halls of Montmartre or the Seine banks are detailed pictures of the Parisian daily life during the Belle Époque. An example of this is the painting La Pâtisserie Gloppe from the year 1889. The style of his painting moves between academic painting and Impressionism. While most Impressionists escaped the turbulent Paris and painted the surrounding countryside, Béraud found in his friend Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas role models to their motives also included the presentation of the vital city life.

From 1890 to Béraud also turned to religious themes in his paintings. These paintings are reminiscent of Dutch painting of the 17th century. In the Salon in 1891 he presented with La Madeleine chez le pharisien from a biblical scene in which the people depicted wearing contemporary clothing. Those living close to implementing a traditional compositional theme was art critics of the time as scandalous.

Works

Le Boulevard St. Denis, Paris

Au café

La Madeleine chez le pharisien