Jacques-Emile Blanche

Art Appreciation

Born on January 1, 1861, Jacques-Émile Blanche was a sought after French portraitist. Influenced by contemporaries like John Singer Sargent and  Édouard Manet, the self-taught artist was known for his paintings of society's well-known artists, writers, composers, and aristocrats.

Portrait of Marcel Proust (1892) via rrforget

Self Portrait via bjws

Claude Debussy (1902) via artnouveaujugendstil

Sources:

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/blanche_jacques-emile.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-%C3%89mile_Blanche
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting/commentaire_id/portrait-of-marcel-proust-2276.html?tx_commentaire_pi1%5BpidLi%5D=509&tx_commentaire_pi1%5Bfrom%5D=841&cHash=fa2647fb34
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/jacques-emile-blanche
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jacques-emile-blanche-765
http://www.fondation-pb-ysl.net/en/Jacques_Emile_Blanche-635.html
http://rrforget.blogspot.com/2013/03/forgetting-relevance-making-mark-in.html