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Jean Béraud (; January 12, 1849 – October 4, 1935) was a French painter renowned for his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society. Pictures of the
Béraud was born in 
He painted many scenes of Parisian daily life during the Belle Époque in a style that stands somewhere between the academic art of the Salon and that of the
File:Blanche Vesnić (née Ulman), by Jean Béraud.jpg, ''Blanche Vesnić (née Ulman)''
File:Jean Béraud Le Cafe de Paris.jpg, ''Le Cafe de Paris''
File:Jean Béraud La Lettre.jpg, ''La Lettre''
File:Jean Béraud Personnages.jpg, ''Personnages''
Image:Jean Béraud Au Bistro.jpg, ''Au Bistro''
Image:Jean Béraud After the Misdeed.jpg, ''Après la faute''
File:Jean Béraud La Partie De Billard.jpg, ''La Partie De Billard''
File:Jean Béraud The Drinkers.jpg, The Drinkers
File:Jean Béraud -À la salle Graffard.jpg, ''À la salle Graffard''
Image:Jean Béraud Representation at the Theatre des Varietes.jpg, Representation of the Théâtre des Variétés
Image:Jean Béraud La Modiste Sur Les Champs Elysees.jpg, The Milliner on the Champs Elysées
File:Jean Béraud Sortant De La Madeleine, Paris.jpg, ''Sortant De La Madeleine, Paris''
File:Jean Béraud Home, Driver.jpg, Home, Driver
File:Cathédrale américaine de paris.jpg, ''l'Église de la Sainte-Trinité''
File:Jean Béraud The Wait.jpg, The Wait
File:Le Retour de l'enterrement-Jean Béraud (1876).jpg, ''Le Retour de l'enterrement''
Image:Jean Béraud La Sortie Du Bourgeois.jpg, ''La Sortie du bourgeois''
Image:Jean Béraud Le Boulevard St. Denis, Paris.jpg, ''Le Boulevard Saint-Denis''
Image:Jean Béraud Jeune femme traversant le boulevard.jpg, ''Jeune femme traversant le boulevard''
Image:Jean Béraud Boulevard des capucines.jpg, ''Boulevard des Capucines''
File:Paris Kiosk Beraud.jpg, Paris Kiosk 1880–1884,
Tate Collection , Jean Béraud
at www.tate.org.uk
artnet.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beraud, Jean 1849 births 1935 deaths Artists from Paris Lycée Condorcet alumni École des Beaux-Arts alumni 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists French male painters French portrait painters French genre painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Academic art Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Members of the Ligue de la patrie française Belle Époque
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, cafés, Montmartre
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and the banks of the Seine are precisely detailed illustrations of everyday Parisian life during the " Belle Époque". He also painted religious subjects in a contemporary setting.
Biography
Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site of St. Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is ...
at the time of his son's birth. Béraud's mother was one Geneviève Eugénie Jacquin; following the death of Béraud's father, the family moved to Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
. Béraud was in the process of being educated as a lawyer until the occupation of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870.
Béraud became a student of Léon Bonnat
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 – 8 September 1922) was a French painter, Grand Officer of the Légion d'honneur and professor at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Early life
Bonnat was born in Bayonne, but from 1846 to 1853 he lived in M ...
, and exhibited his paintings at the Salon for the first time in 1872. However, he did not gain recognition until 1876, with his ''On the Way Back from the Funeral''. He exhibited with the Society of French Watercolorists at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris.
He painted many scenes of Parisian daily life during the Belle Époque in a style that stands somewhere between the academic art of the Salon and that of the Impressionists
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating ...
. He received the Légion d'honneur
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...
in 1894.
Béraud's paintings often included truth-based humour and mockery of late 19th-century Parisian life, along with frequent appearances of biblical characters in then contemporary situations. Paintings such as ''Mary Magdalene in the House of the Pharisees'' aroused controversy when exhibited, because of these themes.
Towards the end of the 19th century, Béraud dedicated less time to his own painting but worked on numerous exhibition committees, including the ''Salon de la Société Nationale''. Béraud never married and had no children. He died in Paris on October 4, 1935, and is buried in Montparnasse Cemetery beside his mother.
Style
Béraud was popular in France, and was appreciated byGuy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...
who called him "adorable's adversaries" (''Le plus charmant des fantaisistes'').
However, his work was completely ignored by art historians of the period. After the Revolution, Russian artists received Béraud's work with irony, seeing them as the embodiment of Western commercial consumption, indulging, in their opinion, in the bourgeois tastes of the rich middle-class.
Painting style gradually shifted from academic towards impressionism. However, while the major Impressionists fled the chaotic milieu of Paris and painted landscapes of the surrounding areas, Béraud – like his friend Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Bo ...
(1832–1883), and in some of his paintings, Edgar Degas (1834–1917) – depicted the busy environment of late-nineteenth-century urban life. Artistic techniques used by Béraud, in particular, when drawing the so-called ''À la salle Graffard'', were later adopted by other artists. The upper part of the picture is hidden in a light haze, the spectators are depicted in the foreground enthusiastically responding to the speech, while the Anarchist speakers stand out against a darker background.
Gallery
Walters Art Museum
The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...
File:Jean Beraud, Parisienne place de la Concorde.jpg, ''Parisienne place de la Concorde''
File:Jean Béraud Le Bal Mabile.jpg, ''Le Bal Mabile''
References
Sources
* Patrick Offenstadt, ''The Belle Epoque : A Dream of Times Gone by Jean Béraud'', Taschen - Wildenstein Institute, Paris, 1999.Tate Collection , Jean Béraud
at www.tate.org.uk
artnet.com
External links
** {{DEFAULTSORT:Beraud, Jean 1849 births 1935 deaths Artists from Paris Lycée Condorcet alumni École des Beaux-Arts alumni 19th-century French painters 19th-century French male artists French male painters French portrait painters French genre painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Academic art Burials at Montmartre Cemetery Members of the Ligue de la patrie française Belle Époque