Jean Roque (1880–1925) was a French painter.
Biography
Early life Jean Roque was born on 8 January 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.Gérald Schurr, 1820–1920, les petits maîtres de la peinture: valeur de demain, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1982, p. 61 Pierre Guiral, Félix Reynaud, Les Marseillais dans l'histoire, Privat, 1988, p. 215 He studied painting in Paris under the tutelage of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Humbert.
Career He became a professional painter.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 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.
Most of his paintings were done from 1906 to 1924. In 1924, he became Peintre de la Marine.
Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923) painted his portrait in 1915.
Death He died on 6 December 1925 in Paris. He was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseille.
Paintings Rochers en mer (1906–1908) Élégante sur la terrasse (1906–1908) Les Roches rouges à Agay (1908) Femme assise (1910) Piémontaise (1908–1910) Port de pêche animé (1911) Paysage provençal (1911) Village de pêcheur, bord de mer Le Retour (1913) Retour de pêche (1913) Le Port de Marseille (1914) Bateaux à quai (1915) Barque et pêcheurs au port (1919) Les Pêcheurs (1919) L'Intérieur du port de Marseille (1920) Le Port de Marseille, le bassin de la Joliette Bateaux dans le vieux port (1920) Cargo dans le port de Marseille Le Vieux port de Marseille et Notre-Dame de la Garde (1924)
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