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Alexandre Louis Jacob BIOGRAPHY
1876 Paris, France - 1972 Paris, France. Known for: Atmospheric waterscapes and landscapes, still life.
Parisien born, Alexandre Jacob was a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes. His fascination seemed to be with water. Some of his paintings were fairly impressionistic and others were... Read full biography
Parisien born, Alexandre Jacob was a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes. His fascination seemed to be with water. Some of his paintings were fairly impressionistic and others were relatively realistic water scenes with haze and mist---atmospheric. Of this type of work by him, it was... Read full biography
Parisien born, Alexandre Jacob was a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes. His fascination seemed to be with water. Some of his paintings were fairly impressionistic and others were relatively realistic water scenes with haze and mist---atmospheric. Of this type of work by him, it was written: "He gained his rare understanding and love for nature through observation. He then magically expressed these observations on canvas. His buttery strokes of color caressed the golden aurora... Read full biography
Parisien born, Alexandre Jacob was a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes. His fascination seemed to be with water. Some of his paintings were fairly impressionistic and others were relatively realistic water scenes with haze and mist---atmospheric. Of this type of work by him, it was written: "He gained his rare understanding and love for nature through observation. He then magically expressed these observations on canvas. His buttery strokes of color caressed the golden aurora of autumn, the soft creamy snow of winter and spring's crisp morning light." (Cantor). Alexandre Jacob was much recognized in France at the beginning of the 20th Century, receiving the Gold Medal of the Paris Salon in 1914, and in 1937, a Gold Medal... Read full biography
Parisien born, Alexandre Jacob was a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes. His fascination seemed to be with water. Some of his paintings were fairly impressionistic and others were relatively realistic water scenes with haze and mist---atmospheric. Of this type of work by him, it was written: "He gained his rare understanding and love for nature through observation. He then magically expressed these observations on canvas. His buttery strokes of color caressed the golden aurora of autumn, the soft creamy snow of winter and spring's crisp morning light." (Cantor). Alexandre Jacob was much recognized in France at the beginning of the 20th Century, receiving the Gold Medal of the Paris Salon in 1914, and in 1937, a Gold Medal of the Paris International Exhibition. His first entry in the Salon was 1899.... Read full biography
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Parisien born, Alexandre Jacob was a painter of landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes. His fascination seemed to be with water. Some of his paintings were fairly impressionistic and others were relatively realistic water scenes with haze and mist---atmospheric. Of this type of work by him, it was written: "He gained his rare understanding and love for nature through observation. He then magically expressed these observations on canvas. . . .His buttery strokes of color caressed the golden aurora of autumn, the soft creamy snow of winter and spring's crisp morning light." (Cantor)
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