Jacqueline Comerre-Paton

Jacqueline Comerre, née Paton (1 May 1859 – 1955) was a French painter and sculptor, and the wife of the painter Léon-François Comerre (1850-1916).

Comerre-Paton was born in Paris. Her mother was Émilie-Thérèse Paton (1820 - 1887), known by the pen of Jacques Rozier, a French novelist and playwright. Her father was economist Jules Paton, financial columnist at the Journal des débats.

Jacqueline studied at the École des Beaux-arts under Alexandre Cabanel. She was friends with portrait painter Fanny Caillé who reproduced one of her most famous paintings, At the spring .

She received an honorable mention in 1881 and a medal at the Versailles exhibition.

Her painting Mistletoe was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.

Comerre-Paton died in Paris.

Selected works

The Annunciation

An ass skin (Donkey skin) At the spring La chanson des bois Chaperon rouge Faneuse L'Ignorance Jeune fille aux papillons Jeune fille à la source Jeune Hollandaise Mignon Mistletoe Portrait de Mlle. Marguerite Ugalde Portrait de paysanne Sonioutchka A young beauty Young Dutch

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Jacqueline Comerre-Paton on artnet

19th-century births

1955 deaths

Painters from Paris

French women sculptors

French women painters

19th-century French painters

20th-century French painters

20th-century French sculptors

19th-century French sculptors

19th-century French women artists

20th-century French women artists

École des Beaux-Arts alumni