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[[File:Pezous-Romance.jpg|thumb|275px|Romance]]
[[File:Jean Pezous - Picnic Scene - 96.1634 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg|thumb|350px|A Picnic Scene]]
'''Jean Pezous''' (6 March 1815, [[Toulon]] - 18 April 1885, [[Paris]]) was a French painter known primarily for [[Genre art|genre]] scenes; many depicting group activities. Until 1875, he also created some history paintings, but they have all disappeared. Although he is believed to have painted numerous portraits, the only one known to be his is that of the mime, [[Charles Deburau]].
== Biography ==
He came from a family of modest means. In 1830, he was enrolled at the drawing school of Toulon, directed by . Later, he worked in the studios of the Marquis de Clinchamp (1787-1880), a church painter, and was also influenced by , a noted [[Provence|Provençal]] artist. After two stays in Paris, he returned to his family in 1835, during a [[cholera]] outbreak. He went back to Paris after his parents had died, and enrolled at the [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]].
He collaborated with [[Victor Orsel]] in creating decorations for the church of [[Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris|Notre-Dame de-Lorette]], together with his fellow students, and . His debut at the [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] came in 1846 with "Le Jeu de boule" (The Ball Game), which received an honorable mention. After that, he painted landscapes.
During the [[French Revolution of 1848]], he turned from painting to participate in the reclamation of swampland in [[Sologne]]. Upon returning to Paris in 1850, he exhibited his tableau, "La Salle de police" (The Police Station) at the Salon and attracted the attention of the future [[Napoléon III]]; securing his fame. He received several commissions for decorative work and began exhibiting outside the capital, notably at [[Orléans]] in 1859.
After 1865, his sales and his health declined, creating serious financial difficulties. At the outbreak of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], he went to [[Boulogne]], returning in 1871, after the [[Paris Commune]]. Luckily, he found that his home and studio had not been looted.
From 1878 to 1884, he lived in [[Bondy]]. When he went back to Paris, he began to paint in the style of [[Jean-Baptiste Corot|Corot]] but died, destitute, before he was able to restart his career.
His works may be seen at the , [[Musée Carnavalet]] and the .
== Sources ==
* Étienne-Antoine Parrocel, ''Annales de la peinture'', Ch. Albessard et Bérard, 1862 [https://ift.tt/2XnnUtR Online]
* André Alauzen and Laurent Noet, ''Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur'', Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 2006 ISBN 978-2-86276-441-2
* Jean-Roger Soubiran, André Alauzen, André Bourde et al., ''La peinture en Provence dans les collections du musée de Toulon du XVIIe au début du XXe siècle'', Musée de Toulon, 1985 ISBN 2-905076-09-7
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/33xFRtN More works by Pezous] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1815 births]]
[[Category:1885 deaths]]
[[Category:French painters]]
[[Category:French genre painters]]
[[Category:French decorative artists]]
[[Category:People from Toulon]]
[[File:Pezous-Romance.jpg|thumb|275px|Romance]]
[[File:Jean Pezous - Picnic Scene - 96.1634 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg|thumb|350px|A Picnic Scene]]
'''Jean Pezous''' (6 March 1815, [[Toulon]] - 18 April 1885, [[Paris]]) was a French painter known primarily for [[Genre art|genre]] scenes; many depicting group activities. Until 1875, he also created some history paintings, but they have all disappeared. Although he is believed to have painted numerous portraits, the only one known to be his is that of the mime, [[Charles Deburau]].
== Biography ==
He came from a family of modest means. In 1830, he was enrolled at the drawing school of Toulon, directed by . Later, he worked in the studios of the Marquis de Clinchamp (1787-1880), a church painter, and was also influenced by , a noted [[Provence|Provençal]] artist. After two stays in Paris, he returned to his family in 1835, during a [[cholera]] outbreak. He went back to Paris after his parents had died, and enrolled at the [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]].
He collaborated with [[Victor Orsel]] in creating decorations for the church of [[Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris|Notre-Dame de-Lorette]], together with his fellow students, and . His debut at the [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] came in 1846 with "Le Jeu de boule" (The Ball Game), which received an honorable mention. After that, he painted landscapes.
During the [[French Revolution of 1848]], he turned from painting to participate in the reclamation of swampland in [[Sologne]]. Upon returning to Paris in 1850, he exhibited his tableau, "La Salle de police" (The Police Station) at the Salon and attracted the attention of the future [[Napoléon III]]; securing his fame. He received several commissions for decorative work and began exhibiting outside the capital, notably at [[Orléans]] in 1859.
After 1865, his sales and his health declined, creating serious financial difficulties. At the outbreak of the [[Franco-Prussian War]], he went to [[Boulogne]], returning in 1871, after the [[Paris Commune]]. Luckily, he found that his home and studio had not been looted.
From 1878 to 1884, he lived in [[Bondy]]. When he went back to Paris, he began to paint in the style of [[Jean-Baptiste Corot|Corot]] but died, destitute, before he was able to restart his career.
His works may be seen at the , [[Musée Carnavalet]] and the .
== Sources ==
* Étienne-Antoine Parrocel, ''Annales de la peinture'', Ch. Albessard et Bérard, 1862 [https://ift.tt/2XnnUtR Online]
* André Alauzen and Laurent Noet, ''Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur'', Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 2006 ISBN 978-2-86276-441-2
* Jean-Roger Soubiran, André Alauzen, André Bourde et al., ''La peinture en Provence dans les collections du musée de Toulon du XVIIe au début du XXe siècle'', Musée de Toulon, 1985 ISBN 2-905076-09-7
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/33xFRtN More works by Pezous] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1815 births]]
[[Category:1885 deaths]]
[[Category:French painters]]
[[Category:French genre painters]]
[[Category:French decorative artists]]
[[Category:People from Toulon]]
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