Jules Richomme (9 September 1818 – 16 October 1903)Revue Beaux-Arts, revue d'information artistique ''Extraits''
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. Jules' daughter was Jeanne Richomme Raunay (1869–1942), lyric artist and wife of

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Life

Born in Paris, he was a student of

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at the

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. He took part in the

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competitions in 1838 and 1840. He was a friend of

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. He also painted historic and religious subjects such as scenes from the life of

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and Jacques Cœur. He exhibited at the Paris Salons from 1833 onwards, including some genre and religious scenes but mainly portraits. He won a third class medal at the 1840 Salon and a second class medal at the 1842 Salon with a recall in 1861 and 1863. He also painted the chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in the église Saint-Séverin in 1861. In 1863, he painted the Lady Chapel and baptisteries at the église Notre-Dame de Bercy. He also painted paintings for the Cour d'assises de la Seine in 1868. He was made a

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in 1867. Jules Richomme was one of the painters chosen by the French state to decorate the théâtre d'italienne in Cherbourg in 1879. He died in Paris.

Works exhibited at the Salon

* ''Portrait M. A..., avocat'' - drawing, 1833 Salon, * ''Jeune femme et son enfant'', 1836 Salon, * ''La Sainte Famille'' - drawing after Raphael, 1837 Salon, * ''Portrait de M. A. L...'', 1839 Salon, * ''Portrait d'homme'', 1840 Salon, * ''Abraham par le conseil de Sara prend Agar pour femme'' - ''Portrait de femme'', 1842 Salon, * ''Saint Pierre repentant'', 1843 Salon, * ''Saint Sébastien délivré par les saintes femmes'' - ''Portrait du colonel de Saint A...'' - ''Portrait d'homme'', 1844 Salon, * ''Incrédulité de saint Thomas'' - ''Portraits des enfants de M. Ch. P...'', 1845 Salon, * ''Le Christ apparaît à saint Martin'', ''Le repentir de saint Pierre'' - ''Léda'', 1848 Salon, * ''Érigone'' - ''La fiancée du roi de Garbe'', 1849 Salon, * ''Conversion de la Madeleine'' - ''Portrait de Mme R...'' - ''Portrait de Melle C...'' - ''Vue de Saint-Pierre de Rome, vue de la villa Pamfili-Doria'' - ''Vue des Casius Corsini et Valentini, rue de la ville Pamfili-Doria à la porte San Pancrace'' - ''Vue du pont Lamentano'' - ''Vue de la tour de Cervaro'' (road from Rome to Tivoli), 1850 Salon, * ''Mendiante italienne, États Romains'', 1852 Salon, * ''Jésus guérissant un paralytique'' - ''L'Amour fuyant l'ivresse'' - ''Portrait de femme'', 1853 Salon, * ''Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ guérit une femme malade'' - ''Portrait de Mme R...'' - ''Portrait de Melle V. T...'' - ''Portrait de M. H..., curé de Saint-Séverin'' - ''Portrait de M. A. G...'', 1855 Salon, * ''Saint Nicolas sauvant des matelos'' - ''Portrait de M. Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, conseiller d'État, maire du 12e arrondissement'', 1857 Salon, * ''Portrait de Melle L. S. de L...'' - ''Portrait de M. Varé, architecte paysagiste'', 1859 Salon, * ''Laissez venir à moi les petits enfants'' - ''Décoration d'une partie de la chapelle de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul dans l'église Saint-Séverin de Paris'' sketch - ''L'étude interrompue'' - ''Jeune mère, souvenir d'Italie'' - ''Portrait de femme'', 1861 Salon, * ''Consolatrix afflictorum'' (for the church at Bercy) - ''Portrait de M. A. V...'' - ''Portrait de Melle C. V...'', 1863 Salon, * ''Saint Pierre d'Alcantara guérissant un enfant malade'' réexposé en 1867 - ''La leçon de lecture'', 1864 Salon, * ''Le baptême de Jésus-Christ'' - ''Portrait d'enfant'', 1865 Salon, * ''La décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste'', 1866 Salon, * ''Portrait de M. J. L...'' - ''La famille P... portraits en costume Louis XIII'', 1867 Salon, * ''Christ en croix'' - ''Portrait du docteur Charles V...'', 1868 Salon, * ''Portrait de Mme C...'', 1869 Salon, * ''Châteaux en Espagne'' - ''L'adoration des bergers'' (carton pour la chapelle de l'Annonciation de la cathédrale de Bordeaux, 1870 Salon, * ''Vergiss mein nicht'' - ''Portrait d'enfant'', 1872 Salon, * ''Consolation'' - ''L'éducation d'Achille'', 1873 Salon, * ''Les Tuileries après la Commune'' watercolour - ''Le Point du Jour après l'entrée de l'armée de versailles, mai 1871'' watercolour - ''L'Hôtel de ville après l'incendie, mai 1871'' watercolour, ''Toilette'' - ''Ne reveillez pas un chat qui dort'', 1874 Salon, * ''L'averse'' - ''La petite paresseuse'' - ''Première leçon de violon'', 1875 Salon, * ''La colombe'' - ''Portrait de la marquise Ginovi'', 1876 Salon, * ''Femme arabe'' - ''La poupée chinoise'', 1877 Salon, * ''Portrait de M. de H...'', 1878 Salon, * ''Portrait de M. B. M...'' - ''Veilleuse'', 1879 Salon, * ''Portrait de M. S...'' - ''Portrait'', 1880 Salon, * ''Le repas chez le pharisien'', 1881 Salon, * ''Amours en chasse'' - ''Au Prado, Marseille'', 1882 Salon.

Galerie

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References

Bibliography

* Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, ''Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes'', tome 2, , Librairie Renouard, Paris, 188
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Geneviève Lacambre Geneviève Lacambre (born 1937) is a French honorary general curator of heritage, and has been the Chargée de mission at the Musée d'Orsay. Career Curator at the department of paintings of the Louvre Museum from 1965 to 1979, then at the ...

, Jacqueline de Rohan-Chabot, ''Le Musée du Luxembourg en 1874'', , Éditions des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1974

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