Adolphe Jourdan (4 August 182522 February 1889) was a

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painter.

Early life and education

Adolphe Jourdan was born on 4 August 1825 in Nimes,

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.Müller, H. A. (1896). Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon: Gaab- ... Lezla. - 1896. - VI, 523 S (p. 290). Germany: Literarische Anstalt, Rütten & Loening. His father, a drawing instructor in Nimes, introduced him to art before he trained in Paris with

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, and Charles Jalabert.Montrosier, E., Fraipont, G. (n.d.). Les artistes modernes: Les peintres militaires et les peintres de nu (p. 117). France: H. Launette. In the mid-1840s, he began his training as a painter at the School of Fine Arts (known as

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) in

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, studying under French painter

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Career

Adolphe Jourdan earned the prize of honor at the 1863 Exposition Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Nimes for his single painting on display. The native of Nimes began exhibiting at the annual

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held by the

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in 1855, receiving medals in 1864, 1866, and 1869.Perkins, C. C. (1886). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings (p. 359). United States: C. Scribner's Sons. In 1864, his piece titled ''Leda'' earned him a medal at the exhibition and praise from

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. 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. Jourdan was ranked among France's popular painters alongside

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expressed his admiration for him in letters to his brother

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. 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''. Jourdan later became the director of the Nîmes School of Fine Arts. At the Salon of 1888, Jourdan exhibited a portrait of

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.Chronique politique des arts et de curiosité. (1889). France: Bureaux de la Gazette des beaux-arts..

Death

Adolphe Jourdan died on 22 February 1889 in Nimes,

.Chronique politique des arts et de curiosité (p. 70). (1889). France: Bureaux de la Gazette des beaux-arts..

Works

*The 4 Seasons (1857) *Young Winemaker (1861) *Bathing Girl (1870) *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)

Gallery

Adolphe Jourdan.jpg, Les secrets de l'amour, 1866 Adolphe Jourdan A Mother's Embrace.jpg, A Mother's Embrace Le Papillon, Adolphe Jourdan, c. 1860 - Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA - DSC04106.JPG, Le Papillon, 1860 Madonna and child (1867), by Adolphe Jourdan.jpg, Madonna and child, 1867 Marquise des Rossi, nee Elaghine, by Adolphe Jourdan.jpg, Marquise des Rossi, née Elaghine, 1860

References

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Adolphe Jourdan (1825-1889)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jourdan, Adolphe 1825 births 1889 deaths People from Nîmes Artists from Nîmes Painters from Occitania (administrative region) French portrait painters French male painters 19th-century French painters