Jean Roque Explained
| Jean Roque |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Painter |
Jean Roque (1880–1925) was a French painter.
Biography
Early life
Jean Roque was born on 8 January 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. In 1924, he became Peintre de la Marine.
Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923) painted his portrait in 1915.
Death
He died on 6 December 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)
Notes and References
- Gérald Schurr, 1820–1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: valeur de demain, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1982, p. 61 https://books.google.com/books?id=DNNLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jean+Roque%22+peintre
- Pierre Guiral, Félix Reynaud, Les Marseillais dans l'histoire, Privat, 1988, p. 215 https://books.google.com/books?id=cvghAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jean+Roque%22+peintre
- 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 https://books.google.com/books?id=vdlGAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jean+Roque%22+painter
