Jacques Emile Edouard Brandon - Artist Info

About Jacques Emile Edouard Brandon

Name variants

Ed Brandon, Edouard Brandon, Jacob Emile Edouard Pereire Brandon
  • Biography

    Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon (July 3, 1831 – May 20, 1897) was a French artist who is known especially for his paintings of Jewish themes. Most sources list his place of birth as Paris, although some say Bordeaux or Lisbon. He signed his paintings "Ed. Brandon," and his full name commonly is given as Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon, but also as Jacob Émile Édouard Péreira Brandon.

    His father was Elie Péreira-Brandon, a wealthy Parisian financier, although some sources list him as an art dealer. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on April 5, 1849, and was a student of Antoine Alphonse Montfort (1802–1884), Françoise-Édouard Picot and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Brandon and Corot corresponded frequently ...

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