Jean-Joseph Weerts (1 May 1846,

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- 28 September 1927,

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His father was a mechanical engineer who gave him his first introduction to drawing. Later, in 1858, he attended the Académie des Beaux-arts de Roubaix. With a pension (stipend) from Roubaix, he enrolled at the

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in 1867, working in the studios of

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. He produced nearly 700 works, including portraits and paintings on historical and religious themes. The '' Death of Bara'' earned him the

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@ the Base Léonore He also decorated a number of public buildings throughout France and participated in several official projects for the Third Republic, including the Hôtel de Ville, the

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and the Hôtel des Monnaies. He also worked at the Limoges City Hall and the College of Medicine in

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. He was buried at Père-Lachaise,Paul Bauer, ''Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise'', Mémoire et Documents 2006 , pg.782 and a street in Roubaix was named after him. A monument in his honor was created by the sculptor

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and may be seen in Roubaix's Parc Barbieux."L'hommage de Roubaix au peintre J.-J. Weerts", ''

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ArtNet: More works by Weerts
* " La Piscine exhibits its Weerts" by Didier Rykner from the ''Art Tribune'

*Fresco in the Grand Amphitheater at the

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, 15 meters long, 7 meters high

*France! or the Despair of Alsace and Lorraine,

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