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Adolphe Jourdan
Born
Adolphe Jourdan

4 August 1825
Nimes, France
Died22 February 1889 (1889-02-23) (aged 63)
Nimes, France
Nationality France
Occupation
Known forPainting

Adolphe Jourdan (4 August 1825 – 22 February 1889) was a French painter.

Early life and education

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Adolphe Jourdan was born on 4 August 1825 in Nimes, France.[1]

His father, a drawing instructor in Nimes, introduced him to art before he trained in Paris with Léon Cogniet, Paul Delaroche, and Charles Jalabert.[2] In the mid-1840s, he began his training as a painter at the School of Fine Arts (known as École des Beaux-Arts) in Paris, studying under French painter Charles Jalabert.[1]

Career

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Adolphe Jourdan earned the prize of honor at the 1863 Exposition Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Nimes for his single painting on display.[3]

The native of Nimes began exhibiting at the annual Paris Salon held by the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1855, receiving medals in 1864, 1866, and 1869.[4] In 1864, his piece titled Leda earned him a medal at the exhibition and praise from Théophile Gautier. He received another medal in 1866 for The Secrets of Love. In 1869, he exhibited A Reading and Young Fishers, with the latter acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.[2]

Jourdan was ranked among France's popular painters alongside Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel. [5] Employed by a Parisian art dealer, he painted replicas of masterworks, notably Cabanel's The Birth of Venus (1864), frequently mistaken for the original.[6]

In 1874, Vincent van Gogh expressed his admiration for him in letters to his brother Theo.[7]

At the 1877 Salon, Adolphe Jourdan exhibited A Breakfast at Saint-Honorat. In 1876, he showcased The Good-By and The Three Friends. During the 1876 Johnston sale in New York, A Young Italian Mother sold for $2,300. At the 1878 Salon, he presented a portrait and The Banks of the Gardon.[8]

Jourdan later became the director of the Nîmes School of Fine Arts.[9]

At the Salon of 1888, Jourdan exhibited a portrait of Gaston Boissier.[10]

Death

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Adolphe Jourdan died on 22 February 1889 in Nimes, France.[9]

Works

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  • The 4 Seasons (1857)
  • Young Winemaker (1861)
  • Bathing Girl (1870)[1]
  • Leda (1864)
  • Cupid's Secrets (1866)
  • Venus and Cupid (1869)
  • Meditation (1874)
  • Young Italian Mother (1874)
  • Pursuit (1874)
  • Little Girl (1875)
  • Parting (1876)
  • Three Friends (1876)
  • Breakfast at Saint-Honorat (1877)
  • On the Banks of the Gardon (1878)
  • Venus (1879)
  • Nurse (1879)
  • Mother and Child (1880)
  • The First Step (1881)
  • Girl with a Shell (1882)
  • Woman Charming a Bird (1883)
  • First Smiles (1884)
  • Study (1884)
  • Une Loge (1885)
  • Brindisi (1885)[4]
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  • Works by Adolphe Jourdan
  • Les secrets de l'amour, 1866
    Les secrets de l'amour, 1866
  • A Mother's Embrace
    A Mother's Embrace
  • Le Papillon, 1860
    Le Papillon, 1860
  • Madonna and child, 1867
    Madonna and child, 1867
  • Marquise des Rossi, née Elaghine, 1860
    Marquise des Rossi, née Elaghine, 1860

References

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  1. ^ a b c Müller, H. A. (1896). Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon: Gaab- ... Lezla. - 1896. - VI, 523 S (p. 290). Germany: Literarische Anstalt, Rütten & Loening.
  2. ^ a b Montrosier, E., Fraipont, G. (n.d.). Les artistes modernes: Les peintres militaires et les peintres de nu (p. 117). France: H. Launette.
  3. ^ Coquerel, A. (1868). Libres études: religion, critique, histoire, beaux-arts et voyages. Spain: Germer Baillière.
  4. ^ a b Perkins, C. C. (1886). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings (p. 359). United States: C. Scribner's Sons.
  5. ^ The Art-journal (p. 287). (1868). United Kingdom: George Virtue.
  6. ^ Fine Art - Adolphe Jourdan. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.averygallery.com/adolphe-jourdan
  7. ^ 768 (771, 590): To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889. - Vincent van Gogh Letters. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let768/letter.html#translation
  8. ^ Waters, C. E. C., Hutton, L. (1879). Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works: A Handbook Containing Two Thousand and Fifty Biographical Sketches. United States: Houghton, Osgood.
  9. ^ a b Chronique politique des arts et de curiosité (p. 70). (1889). France: Bureaux de la Gazette des beaux-arts..
  10. ^ Chronique politique des arts et de curiosité. (1889). France: Bureaux de la Gazette des beaux-arts..
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