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CHARLES EMILE JACQUE. OIL ON CANVAS

ATTRIBUTED, FRENCH PAINTER (1813-1894), "FRENCH BARBIZON LANDSCAPE". OIL ON CANVAS. JACQUE WAS A WELL KNOWN PRINTMAKER AND ENGRAVER ALTHOUGH FROM 1845 JACQUE TURNED MORE AND MORE TO PAINTING. IT WAS AT ABOUT THIS PERIOD THAT HE DISCOVERED BARBIZON AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. ENCHANTED, HE SETTLED THERE IN 1849 WITH HIS FRIEND MILLET. PAINTING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE ENVIRONS OF FONTAINEBLEAU, JACQUE MADE INCREASING NUMBERS OF ANIMAL STUDIES AT LOCAL FARMS AND BECAME KNOWN FOR HIS BUCOLIC SUBJECTS. HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL GILT WOOD FRAME. MEASURES 29" X 30-1/4". SOME OLD REPAIRS AND MINOR CRAZING.