Jean Roque

Jean Roque

Portrait of Jean Roque made by Theophile Steinlen on August 30, 1915
Born January 8, 1880
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died 1925
Paris, France
Nationality French
Occupation Painter

Jean Roque (1880–1925) was a French painter.

Biography

Early life

Jean Roque was born on January 8, 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[1][2][3] He studied painting in Paris under the tutelage of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Humbert.[3]

Career

He became a professional painter.[4] 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.[2]

Most of his paintings were done from 1906 to 1924. That year, in 1924, he became Peintre de la Marine.

Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923) painted his portrait in 1915.

Death

He died in 1925 in Paris.[1][2] He was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille.[1]

Paintings

Gallery

Jean Roque
Le port de Marseille
Le port de Marseille 
Le vieux port et Notre Dame de la Garde
Le vieux port et Notre Dame de la Garde 
Elegante sur la terrasse
Elegante sur la terrasse 
Le retour
Le retour 

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 FindAGrave
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gérald Schurr, 1820–1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: valeur de demain, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1982, p. 61
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pierre Guiral, Félix Reynaud, Les Marseillais dans l'histoire, Privat, 1988, p. 215
  4. 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