Jean Roque

Jean Roque
Portrait of Jean Roque made by Theophile Steinlen on August 30, 1915
Born January 8, 1880
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died 1925
Paris, France
Nationality French
Occupation Painter

Jean Roque (1880–1925) was a French painter.

Biography

Early life

Jean Roque was born on January 8, 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[1][2] He studied painting in Paris under the tutelage of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Humbert.[2]

Career

He became a professional painter.[3] Early on in his career, he rejected the realism of Jean-Léon Gérôme, his teacher, and decided to focus on painting landscapes, especially the ones of Provence.[1]

Most of his paintings were done from 1906 to 1924. That year, in 1924, he became Peintre de la Marine.

Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923) painted his portrait in 1915.

Death

He died in 1925 in Paris.>[1] He was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille.

Paintings

  • Rochers en mer (1906–1908)
  • Élégante sur la terrasse (1906–1908)
  • Les Roches rouges à Agay (1908)
  • Femme assise (1910)
  • Piémontaise (1908–1910)
  • Port de pêche animé (1911)
  • Paysage provençal (1911)
  • Village de pêcheur, bord de mer
  • Le Retour (1913)
  • Retour de pêche (1913)
  • Le Port de Marseille (1914)
  • Bateaux à quai (1915)
  • Barque et pêcheurs au port (1919)
  • Les Pêcheurs (1919)
  • L'Intérieur du port de Marseille (1920)
  • Le Port de Marseille, le bassin de la Joliette
  • Bateaux dans le vieux port (1920)
  • Cargo dans le port de Marseille
  • Le Vieux port de Marseille et Notre-Dame de la Garde (1924)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gérald Schurr, 1820–1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: valeur de demain, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1982, p. 61
  2. 1 2 Pierre Guiral, Félix Reynaud, Les Marseillais dans l'histoire, Privat, 1988, p. 215
  3. ↑ Eric Storm, The Culture of Regionalism: Art, Architecture and International Exhibitions in France, Germany and Spain, 1890–1939, Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2011, p. 24
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