Jean Seignemartin (16 April 1848,

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

- 29 November 1875, Algiers) was a French painter of the Lyon School.

Biography

His father was a weaver. Having shown artistic talent, in 1860 he was enrolled at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon, where he studied with

Michel Philibert Genod Michel Philibert Genod (20 September 1795, Lyon - 24 July 1862, Lyon) was a French genre and history painter in the Troubador style. Biography He was born while Lyon was still recovering from the effects of the Siege. He studied with Pierre R ...

and

Joseph Guichard Joseph Benoît Guichard (14 November 1806, Lyon - 31 May 1880, Lyon) was a French painter and art teacher who worked in a variety of styles. Biography His parents were the owners of a wallpaper shop. Around 1818, he began to study drawing at ...

. He graduated in 1865 with the "Laurier d’or" and shared a studio with his friend, . In 1870, at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War, he was drafted and assigned to a unit of pontonniers from Paris. This involved being almost constantly in the water (even during winter), which resulted in infections that led to

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in w ...

. After his return, he helped decorate Frigolet Abbey under the direction of Antoine Sublet. Later, he settled into his own studio in Lyon, where he attracted notable patrons such as Dr. Raymond Tripier and the banker R. Stengelin, father of the painter

Alphonse Stengelin Alphonse Stengelin (1852-1938) was a French painter, engraver, and lithographer who spent much of his life working outside France. He is remembered mostly for his landscapes. Biography He was born in a home that had been designed by the archi ...

. In 1874, he went to

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , religi ...

, accompanied by Doctor Tripier. There he met Albert Lebourg, a professor at the , who had a major influence on his style. In spring of the following year, he returned to Lyon, but went back to Algeria shortly thereafter on the advice of his doctors. He died that winter. It took several weeks to arrange for the transport of his body, which was interred at the

Cemetery of Loyasse Loyasse Cemetery (french: Cimetière de Loyasse) is a cemetery in the city of Lyon, France. The cemetery is located on the Fourvière hill in the western part of the city, not far away from the Metallic tower of Fourvière and Notre-Dame de Fou ...

. A public subscription was taken up to adorn his tomb with a bronze bust by Étienne Pagny. He painted portraits,

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other ...

scenes and

still life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...

s of flowers, but his paintings from Algeria are his best-known works. A street in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon is named after him.

References

External links

More works by Seignemartin
@ ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Seignemartin, Jean 1848 births 1875 deaths 19th-century French painters

Biography

References

Further reading

External links