Joseph-Charles Franchère (March 4, 1866 – May 12, 1921) was a painter, illustrator and church decorator in Montreal, Quebec.A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada

Biography

Joseph-Charles Franchère was born in Montreal and studied painting at the Conseil des arts et manufactures de la province de Québec with Joseph Chabert and in the studio of painter-decorator François-Xavier-Édouard Meloche. He then studied in Paris at the

Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...

and at the

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from 1888 to 1889. He returned to Montreal in 1890 and along with his contemporaries Ludger Larose,

Henri Beau Henri Beau (''né'' Louis-Henri Beau; 27June 186315May 1949) was a French-Canadian Impressionist painter. He is noted for ''Chemin en été'', ''La dispersion des Acadiens'', ''L'arrivée de Champlain à Québec'', and ''Les Noces de Cana''. Be ...

, Joseph Saint-Charles and Charles Gill received a commission for Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of the basilica of Our Lady of Montreal. He returned to Paris and painted three canvases: ''La Vierge de l'Apocalypse'' (1892), ''La Multiplication des pains'' (1893) and ''Le Christ consolateur des affligés'' (1895). During this time, Franchère gained admission to the École des Beaux-Arts and began submitting his work to the annual exhibitions of the Art Association of Montreal and to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He won three honourable mentions while attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and two first prize medals as a student at evening shows in Paris. He was elected an associate and exhibited his work in Canada at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and as part of the World's Fair in Chicago (1893), in Buffalo (1901) and in St. Louis (1904). He taught at the institute founded by Joseph Chabert as well as at

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. He was also an illustrator and did book illustrations for Paul-Émile Prévost, ''Chansons canadiennes paroles et musique par nos Canadiens'' (1907) and his friend the abbot Lionel-Adolphe Groulx, ''Les Rapaillages'' (1916). He died at age 55 on May 12 in 1921 in Montreal and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

Works

* ''The Virgin of the apocalypse'' (1892) * ''The Multiplication of the Loaves'' (1893) * ''Christ consoling the afflicted'' (1895) * ''Self portrait'' (1894), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec * ''Sillery seen from the Plains of Abraham'' (1895) * ''Reading by the sea, Trois-Pistoles'' (1900), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec * ''Return from the ball'' (undated) (exhibited at the Joliette Art Museum) FRANCHÈRE, JOSEPH-CHARLES.jpg, La salle d'opération du Dr. Hingston v2.jpg,

References

External links

Photograph by Joseph-Charles Franchère
Library and National Archives of Quebec
Joseph-Charles Franchère

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franchere, Joseph-Charles 1866 births 1921 deaths Artists from Montreal Canadian male painters Académie Julian alumni Académie Colarossi alumni Canadian Impressionist painters Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 19th-century Canadian painters 19th-century Canadian male artists Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts