Jules Girardet (; 10 April 1856, in

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– 25 January 1938, in

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) was a French painter and illustrator of Swiss ancestry.

Biography

He came from a Swiss

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family. His father was the engraver,

Paul Girardet Paul Girardet (; 8 March 1821, Neuchâtel - 28 February 1893, Paris) was a Swiss-born French copper engraver. Life and work He came from a Swiss Huguenot family, and his father was the engraver, Charles Samuel Girardet. His brothers, Edouard ...

. He studied at the

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and in the studios of

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. After several trips to North Africa with his brother Eugène, a noted Orientalist painter, he chose instead to concentrate on

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scenes and

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.
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were favorite topics. He married in 1881 and built a house with a studio in Boulogne-Billancourt. That same year, he began to exhibit at the

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. He won a Silver Medal at the

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. In addition to his paintings, he illustrated several books, including ''Mademoiselle de Fierlys'' by Frédéric Dillaye (who died in the infamous fire at the

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) and ''

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'' by

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. His brothers Léon, Paul Armand and Théodore were also painters or engravers, as was his sister, Julia Antonine (1851–1921).

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ArtNet: More works (mostly of a non-military nature) by Girardet
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