Adolphe Jourdan
French painter (1825–1889)
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Adolphe Jourdan (4 August 1825 – 22 February 1889) was a French painter.
Early life and education
Adolphe Jourdan was born on 4 August 1825 in Nîmes, France.[1]
His father, a drawing instructor in Nîmes, introduced him to art before he trained in Paris with Léon Cogniet, Paul Delaroche, and Charles Jalabert.[2] In the mid-1840s, he began his training as a painter at the School of Fine Arts (École des Beaux-Arts) in Paris, studying under French painter Charles Jalabert.[1]
Career
Adolphe Jourdan earned the prize of honor at the 1863 Exposition Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Nîmes for his single painting on display.[3]
The native of Nimes began exhibiting at the annual Paris Salon held by the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1855, receiving medals in 1864, 1866, and 1869.[4] In 1864, his piece titled Leda earned him a medal at the exhibition and praise from Théophile Gautier. He received another medal in 1866 for The Secrets of Love. In 1869, he exhibited A Reading and Young Fishers, with the latter acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes.[2]
Jourdan was ranked among France's popular painters alongside Jean-Léon Gérôme and Alexandre Cabanel. [5] Employed by a Parisian art dealer, he painted replicas of masterworks, notably Cabanel's The Birth of Venus (1864), frequently mistaken for the original.[6]
In 1874, Vincent van Gogh expressed his admiration for him in letters to his brother Theo.[7]
At the 1877 Salon, Adolphe Jourdan exhibited A Breakfast at Saint-Honorat. In 1876, he showcased The Good-By and The Three Friends. During the 1876 Johnston sale in New York, A Young Italian Mother sold for $2,300. At the 1878 Salon, he presented a portrait and The Banks of the Gardon.[8]
Jourdan later became the director of the Nîmes School of Fine Arts (École supérieure des beaux-arts de Nîmes).[9]
At the Salon of 1888, Jourdan exhibited a portrait of Gaston Boissier.[10]
Death
Adolphe Jourdan died on 22 February 1889 in Nîmes, France.[9]
Works
- The 4 Seasons (1857)
- Young Winemaker (1861)
- Bathing Girl (1870)[1]
- Leda (1864)
- Cupid's Secrets (1866)
- Venus and Cupid (1869)
- Meditation (1874)
- Young Italian Mother (1874)
- Pursuit (1874)
- Little Girl (1875)
- Parting (1876)
- Three Friends (1876)
- Breakfast at Saint-Honorat (1877)
- On the Banks of the Gardon (1878)
- Venus (1879)
- Nurse (1879)
- Mother and Child (1880)
- The First Step (1881)
- Girl with a Shell (1882)
- Woman Charming a Bird (1883)
- First Smiles (1884)
- Study (1884)
- Une Loge (1885)
- Brindisi (1885)[4]
Gallery
- Works by Adolphe Jourdan
Les secrets de l'amour, 1866
A Mother's Embrace
Le Papillon, 1860
Madonna and child, 1867
Marquise des Rossi, née Elaghine, 1860
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