Jacques Barcat Explained

Jacques Barcat
Birth Date:1877
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Le Mans, France
Field:Painting
Training:Beaux-Arts de Paris, Académie Julian, Jean-Léon Gérôme
Movement:Academicism, Naturalism, Intimism, Symbolism

Jacques-Louis Barcat (Paris, 1877 – Le Mans, December 1, 1955[1]) was a French painter, known for his naturalistic paintings and (family) portraits. He was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Ernest Hébert. As a member of the Société des Artistes Français he took part in the exhibitions (Salons) from 1905 to 1936. Barcat mainly worked in Paris and Le Mans.[2] [3]

Youth and education

Barcat was born in 1877 in Paris, the son of Emile Barcat, his mother was of German descent.[4] [5] He grew up in a modest family. His father, a baker, died at the age of 47, leaving behind a wife and four children. Barcat was 13 at the time. In 1895, he honoured his late father with a portrait drawing.

During his youth, it became apparent that Barcat possessed a great talent for drawing. He received a scholarship and was able to further develop his talent for drawing and painting in Paris in his hometown.

He went to school at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, where Jacques Barcat studied under the guidance of Jean-Léon Gérôme whose perfectionist academic teaching was an excellent artistic training.[6] [7] Barcat was also taught by painters such as Gustave Courtois, Gabriel Ferrier, Ernest Hébert, William Bouguereau and Raphaël Collin.[8] Barcat spent much time in Gabriel Ferrier's study at the École des Beaux-Arts.

However, Barcat had to suspend his studies at the academy due to his military service. In the army, he held the rank of corporal and worked there as a secretary. After his army service, he completed his academic art studies.

Style and technique

Barcat was a completely naturalistic painter.[9] [10] 'Paint or draw what you see' was his motto.

He tried to depict nature as it really is, with great precision and attention to detail. He dominated many techniques such as pencil drawing, charcoal drawing, the gouache, but most of his works are oil paintings on canvas. His great examples in painting were Rembrandt van Rijn, Théodore Géricault and Diego Velázquez.[11]

Oeuvre

Barcat is best known for his subtle, intimist family portraits and family scenes.

His oeuvre is diverse and includes portrait paintings, landscape paintings and still lifes.[12] His paintings include the streets of the old quarter of Le Mans, Le Mans Cathedral, the Notre-Dame de la Couture and many landscapes in Le Mans.[13]

Barcat painted many self-portraits and portrait paintings of family members, such as his children, his wife and his father-in-law Etienne Stanislas Virette (a former mayor of the municipality of La Ferté-Bernard in 1882–1888).

Exhibitions

At the Salon d'Automne ("Salon des Artistes Français") of 1905, Barcat exhibited his first painting, "The Portrait of the Chemist L'Hôte". He exhibited his works at the Salon every year until 1936.

In 1911, his work "La petite fille au piano (1910)" received an honourable mention at its exhibition at the Salon. At the 1913 Salon, Barcat exhibited the work "La brodeuse ou Alice cousant" (1913). It concerns an interior scene depicting his wife Alice sewing. The two paintings hanging on the wall in the background of the painting are also by Barcat.

His works were also exhibited at the "Salons des Indépendants", "Salon des Tuileries", Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Artistes Rouennais and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen.[14] [15]

In 2020, an exhibition took place at L'Art'elier in Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes with works by Barcat, among others.[16] [17]

Selected works

Museums and public collections

Private life

After his marriage to Alice Peltier in 1905, he continued to live in the Paris area.

Two years after World War I, he moved with his family to Rue Albert Maignan in Le Mans, where Alice's parents were living. His wife, as well as his children, repeatedly played leading roles in his paintings.[19] He stayed in Le Mans until his death in 1955.

The family had six children: Jacques (1907–1909), Pierre, Jacqueline (1913), Jean (1914), Madeleine (1921) and Anne-Marie (1931–2023). The first son, Jacques, died in 1909 at the age of 18 months due to a childhood illness.

In 1913, his daughter Jacqueline was born. Three years later, the family expanded with a second son Jean. A second daughter Madeleine followed in 1921. A third daughter Anne-Marie was born in 1931 and was the last addition to the family.

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Notes and References

  1. Beyers, Bertrand. Guide des tombes d'hommes célèbress Retrieved on Google Books, retrieved 23 May 2024
  2. https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00011661 Jacques Barcat, pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme
  3. https://morsalines.eu/les-peintres/ Jacques Barcat 1877 – 1955, biografie
  4. https://www.askart.com/artist/Jacques_Barcat/11219704/Jacques_Barcat.aspx Askart.com, Jacques Barcat biografie
  5. https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Jacques-Louis-Barcat/0B4CFAD923A9E8DB/Biography Mutualart.com, biografie
  6. https://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/findingaid/83cc4a905f9086fe3a1f6456fbaefef4b52f70d4 Archives de l’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1793-années 1970) – Jacques Barcat - élève peintre entre 1901 et 1910
  7. https://www.archivesportaleurope.net/advanced-search/search-in-archives/results-(archives)/?&repositoryCode=FR-FRAN&term=geoffroy+mouche&levelName=archdesc&t=fa&recordId=FRAN_IR_000886&c=F2770426 Archives Portal Europe
  8. https://barcat.galerie-creation.com/_s/barcat-peintre/1089273/ Jacques Barcat, biografie
  9. https://archives72.centredoc.fr/index.php?lvl=categ_see&id=1311 Portail des Archives départementales de la Sarthe, Jacques Barcat
  10. https://www.editionsreinette.com/catalogue/magazine/104-maine-decouvertes-n46.html Maine-Découvertes n°46
  11. https://morsalines.eu/les-peintres/ Jacques Barcat 1877 – 1955, biography
  12. https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/browse?isQuickSearch=true&page=5&pageSize=20&sort=titlesort&subSite=benezit&t=art_ArtFormsAndPractices%3A3&t_0=art_ArtHistory%3A54 A pupil of Gérôme, Jacques-Louis Barcat became a member of the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris
  13. https://www.google.be/books/edition/Province_du_Maine_Union_historique_litt/I7FLAAAAMAAJ?hl=nl&gbpv=0&bsq=Jacques%20Barcat Province du Maine, Union historique & littéraire, 1949
  14. https://barcat.galerie-creation.com/_s/barcat-peintre/1089273/ Jacques Barcat, biografie
  15. https://www.google.be/books/edition/Province_du_Maine_Union_historique_litt/I7FLAAAAMAAJ?hl=nl&gbpv=0&bsq=Jacques%20Barcat Province du Maine, Union historique & littéraire, la rétrospective de l'oeuvre de Jacques Barcat
  16. https://laval.maville.com/actu/actudet_-sainte-suzanne-et-chammes.-une-exposition-de-tableaux-anciens-a-l-art-elier_-4275517_actu.Htm Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes. Une exposition de tableaux anciens à l’Art’elier, 12 september 2020
  17. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/montfort-le-gesnois-72450/montfort-le-gesnois-la-sarthe-s-achete-en-peinture-5232728 À Montfort-le-Gesnois, la Sarthe s’achète en peinture, 8 september 2018
  18. https://morsalines.eu/les-peintres/ Jacques Barcat 1877 – 1955, biografie
  19. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-mans-72000/sous-la-salete-un-joli-petit-tableau-de-barcat-742533 Sous la saleté, un joli petit tableau de Barcat, Ouest-France.fr, 23 augustus 2013
  20. https://adresse.data.gouv.fr/base-adresse-nationale/72181_2796#16.33/48.01025/0.21655 rue Jacques Barcat, Le Mans

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