Jules Richomme
Jules Richomme (9 September 1818, Paris – 16 October 1903, Paris)[1] was a French painter, designer, and engraver. He painted portraits, landscapes, history and genre scenes.
Biography
[edit]He was the only son of the engraver Théodore Richomme. He initially studied with his father, then became a student of Michel Martin Drolling at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.[2] His first exhibit at the Salon came in 1833. He would exhibit there regularly until the 1880s; winning medals in 1840, 1842, 1861 and 1863.[1] He took part in the Prix de Rome competitions in 1838 and 1840, but was unsuccessful.
In 1847, he made an extended visit to Italy; spending much of his time in Rome. This resulted in a change to his style; inspiring him to make his paintings brighter and more lively. In 1855, he received an honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle.[2] During that year and the following, he worked with Camille Corot on decorating two chapels at the church of Saint-Nicolas-et-Saint-Marc in Ville-d'Avray.
More decorations followed; in the chapel of Saint Vincent de Paul at the church of Saint-Séverin (1861), and in the chapel of the Virgin at the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité de Bercy (1863).
Around 1865, he married the lyric soprano Jenny Paupaille (born c.1835). He adopted the son from her first marriage, Camille Dumény, who became a well-known comic actor.[3] Their daughter Jeanne also became an opera singer, and wife of the novelist André Beaunier.[4] His connections to the theater led to a lifelong friendship with the composer, Charles Gounod. Their correspondence was later published by his son-in-law.
He also created non-religious decorations; including those at the Cour d'assises for the Seine (1868). In 1879 he was one of the painters chosen by the French government to decorate the Théâtre de Cherbourg.[5]
In addition to painting historical and religious subjects, such as scenes from the life of Joan of Arc, Francis I of France, and Jacques Cœur, he created engraved illustrations of scenes from the Bible.
Works exhibited at the Salon
[edit]- Portrait M. A..., avocat - drawing, 1833 Salon,
- Jeune femme et son enfant, 1836 Salon,
- La Sainte Famille - drawing after Raphael, 1837 Salon,
- Portrait de M. A. L..., 1839 Salon,
- Portrait d'homme, 1840 Salon,
- Abraham par le conseil de Sara prend Agar pour femme - Portrait de femme, 1842 Salon,
- Saint Pierre repentant, 1843 Salon,
- Saint Sébastien délivré par les saintes femmes - Portrait du colonel de Saint A... - Portrait d'homme, 1844 Salon,
- Incrédulité de saint Thomas - Portraits des enfants de M. Ch. P..., 1845 Salon,
- Le Christ apparaît à saint Martin, Le repentir de saint Pierre - Léda, 1848 Salon,
- Érigone - La fiancée du roi de Garbe, 1849 Salon,
- Conversion de la Madeleine - Portrait de Mme R... - Portrait de Melle C... - Vue de Saint-Pierre de Rome, vue de la villa Pamfili-Doria - Vue des Casius Corsini et Valentini, rue de la ville Pamfili-Doria à la porte San Pancrace - Vue du pont Lamentano - Vue de la tour de Cervaro (road from Rome to Tivoli), 1850 Salon,
- Mendiante italienne, États Romains, 1852 Salon,
- Jésus guérissant un paralytique - L'Amour fuyant l'ivresse - Portrait de femme, 1853 Salon,
- Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ guérit une femme malade - Portrait de Mme R... - Portrait de Melle V. T... - Portrait de M. H..., curé de Saint-Séverin - Portrait de M. A. G..., 1855 Salon,
- Saint Nicolas sauvant des matelos - Portrait de M. Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, conseiller d'État, maire du 12e arrondissement, 1857 Salon,
- Portrait de Melle L. S. de L... - Portrait de M. Varé, architecte paysagiste, 1859 Salon,
- Laissez venir à moi les petits enfants - Décoration d'une partie de la chapelle de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul dans l'église Saint-Séverin de Paris sketch - L'étude interrompue - Jeune mère, souvenir d'Italie - Portrait de femme, 1861 Salon,
- Consolatrix afflictorum (for the church at Bercy) - Portrait de M. A. V... - Portrait de Melle C. V..., 1863 Salon,
- Saint Pierre d'Alcantara guérissant un enfant malade réexposé en 1867 - La leçon de lecture, 1864 Salon,
- Le baptême de Jésus-Christ - Portrait d'enfant, 1865 Salon,
- La décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1866 Salon,
- Portrait de M. J. L... - La famille P... portraits en costume Louis XIII, 1867 Salon,
- Christ en croix - Portrait du docteur Charles V..., 1868 Salon,
- Portrait de Mme C..., 1869 Salon,
- Châteaux en Espagne - L'adoration des bergers (carton pour la chapelle de l'Annonciation de la cathédrale de Bordeaux, 1870 Salon,
- Vergiss mein nicht - Portrait d'enfant, 1872 Salon,
- Consolation - L'éducation d'Achille, 1873 Salon,
- Les Tuileries après la Commune watercolour - Le Point du Jour après l'entrée de l'armée de versailles, mai 1871 watercolour - L'Hôtel de ville après l'incendie, mai 1871 watercolour, Toilette - Ne reveillez pas un chat qui dort, 1874 Salon,
- L'averse - La petite paresseuse - Première leçon de violon, 1875 Salon,
- La colombe - Portrait de la marquise Ginovi, 1876 Salon,
- Femme arabe - La poupée chinoise, 1877 Salon,
- Portrait de M. de H..., 1878 Salon,
- Portrait de M. B. M... - Veilleuse, 1879 Salon,
- Portrait de M. S... - Portrait, 1880 Salon,
- Le repas chez le pharisien, 1881 Salon,
- Amours en chasse - Au Prado, Marseille, 1882 Salon.
Selected paintings
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Young Oriental Women
at their Toilette -
Makeshift Hospital at Trinity Church in 1871 -
The Bouquet Stand -
Tannery on the Bièvre -
The Hurdy-Gurdy Girl
References
[edit]- ^ a b Revue Beaux-Arts, revue d'information artistique Extraits
- ^ a b "Jules Richomme", in the Grand Dictionnaire Universel du 19th century, Larousse, 1866-1877
- ^ Camille Paupaille, profile @ Geneanet
- ^ "Jeanne Raunay-Dumény Richomme (1863-1942)". Vesinet.
- ^ "Théâtre de Cherbourg". Wikimanche.
Further reading
[edit]- Émile Bellier de La Chavignerie, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'École française depuis l'origine des arts du dessin jusqu'à nos jours : architectes, peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et lithographes, tome 2, p. 376, Librairie Renouard, Paris, 1885 (Online)
- Geneviève Lacambre, Jacqueline de Rohan-Chabot, Le Musée du Luxembourg en 1874, p. 156, Éditions des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1974
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