Peinture jean beraud biography

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Jean Béraud was a French painter renowned for his numerous paintings depicting the life of Paris, and the nightlife of Paris society.
This Belle Époque painter and watercolourist was born to a French family living in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1849.

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Jean Béraud (1849-1935) was not an Impressionist, but then neither was he not impressionist. Like Jules Bastien-Lepage, he used some features of Impressionist style, but remained outside the movement as such.

He was born, the son of a sculptor, in Saint Petersburg, and started his training as a lawyer just before the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870. Following that, he switched to painting, becoming a pupil of Léon Bonnat in 1872.

Le Bal Mabille (before 1882) may have been one of his earliest paintings. The Bal was a very popular open-air dance hall which took place on a location which would be in Avenue Montaigne in Paris. Started in 1831, it operated until 1875, and was demolished in 1882. It is claimed that the polka and can-can were introduced there, and it was struck by shells during the Franco-Prussian War.

It is likely that Béraud painted this before the Bal closed in 1875. He did so in gloriously loose and gestural style, and at a time when you would be justified in labelling it Impressionist.

His first painting to be shown in the Paris Salon was a

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Jean Béraud

A live performer captured by the highly talented Jean Béraud. A light, lively painting of great chromatic sobriety.

Oil on panel
Signed bottom left
Dimensions: 23.5 x 14 cm

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Jean Béraud, the painter of Parisian life during the Belle Epoque

Jean Béraud quickly became the painter of scenes from Parisian life. It mainly depicts the activities of the wealthy bourgeoisie, the main clientele of artists at the time: strolls along the boulevards, shows, cafés and restaurants.
Introduced to the haute bourgeoisie, Jean Béraud frequented the salons and fashionable shows, depicting them with a certain irony.

Impressionist in technique, his creations at the turn of the century gave greater prominence to live movement.

Béraud’s style is not strictly academic. He can draw inspiration from the Impressionists’ touch, as in our painting.
An unconventional method for an artist renowned for his academicism, but it was precisely with these works that Béraud achieved his greatest renown.
The character in his painting, an artist, singer, songstre

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Artist Jean Beraud

"This Belle Époque painter and watercolourist was born to a French family living in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1849. He is best known today for his paintings of Parisian Society at the turn of the century and for his detailed depictions of the fashions and customs of late nineteenth century France. After the death of his father in 1853, the family returned to Paris, where Beraud was educated and where he took part in the great defence of the city during the Siege of Paris in 1870. Subsequently, he became a pupil of the Atelier of Bonnat in 1871 and made his exhibition debut at the Paris Salon in 1873. He took his inspiration from the Impressionists, many of whom were well-known personally to him, and from modern life in order to create his own particular and naturalistic genre. Beraud was one of the founders of the National Society of Fine Arts and he exhibited there between 1910 and 1929. He received a Gold Medal from the Society of French Artists in 1889 and became a Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1887. Jean Beraud died in 1936."

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