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). Comerre-Paton was born in

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. 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 ''

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.'' Jacqueline studied at the

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.Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs, dessinateurs : portraits et biographies suivis d'une notice sur les Salons français depuis 1673, les Sociétés de Beaux-Arts, la Propriété artistique, etc. (1897)
(p. 110) 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 ''

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Selected works

* ''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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1859 births 1955 deaths Painters from Paris French women sculptors French women painters 19th-century French painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors 19th-century French women artists 20th-century French women artists École des Beaux-Arts alumni {{France-painter-19thC-stub