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Emile Jourdan
(1860-1931)
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Think that you may own a painting by Emile Jourdan? We authenticate, appraise and research all paintings by this great artist.
Emile Jourdan was an Expressionist painter born in Vannes, France to a family of politicians. His family intended for him to have a career in law, but Jourdan was drawn to art nonetheless. Jourdan was finally able to travel to Paris and attend the Julien Academy.
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La Chapelle de Trimalo
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Jourdan was a student and friend of Gaugin, and his style is a direct fusion of his master’s influence and Oriental technique. In his time, Jourdan was called a “painter of light.” His paintings starkly contrasted that of his contemporaries because he painted pastoral scenes of the Brittany landscape with a Japanese flair. Jourdan was also known for the elimination of detail in his paintings; an almost stripped-down style that was both minimalist and aesthetically pleasing.
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Brittany Oriental Landscape
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Brittany Oriental Landscape 2
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In 1883, Jourdan traveled to Algeria, and also to Finland in 1895. Towards the turn of the century, Jourdan began to paint with a more Impressionistic hand.
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Les Voiliers Rouges, 1889
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He lived a bohemian lifestyle, as so many other painters of his time did, and traveled often, living in a number of places. Sadly, his bohemian lifestyle left him overcome by poverty and alcoholism and he died alone and abandoned in a retirement home in Quimperle.
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Rain at Pont Aven
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Although his name today does not ring as familiar as his friend and teacher Gaugin, Jourdan left a distinct mark in art history. Today his work is housed all over France, and a street in the Brittany region in Vannes is even named in his honor. Still wondering about a curious Oriental-inspired French landscape in your home? It may be by Emile Jourdan…contact us to find out.
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