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Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau BIOGRAPHY
1830 Bordeaux - 1903 Barbizon. Known for: Landscape and animal painting.
Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau was a notable French painter and etcher of landscapes during the nineteenth century. Born in Bordeaux in 1830, Chaigneau, at age 19 enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in... Read full biography
Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau was a notable French painter and etcher of landscapes during the nineteenth century. Born in Bordeaux in 1830, Chaigneau, at age 19 enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying in the atelier of Picot and taking additional classes with Coignet and Jacques Raymond... Read full biography
Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau was a notable French painter and etcher of landscapes during the nineteenth century. Born in Bordeaux in 1830, Chaigneau, at age 19 enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying in the atelier of Picot and taking additional classes with Coignet and Jacques Raymond Brascassat. It was Brascassat who influenced Chaigneau to paint landscapes and animals. In 1858 he moved to Barbizon where he met artist Charles Jacque, who further influenced Chaigneau to capture... Read full biography
Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau was a notable French painter and etcher of landscapes during the nineteenth century. Born in Bordeaux in 1830, Chaigneau, at age 19 enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying in the atelier of Picot and taking additional classes with Coignet and Jacques Raymond Brascassat. It was Brascassat who influenced Chaigneau to paint landscapes and animals. In 1858 he moved to Barbizon where he met artist Charles Jacque, who further influenced Chaigneau to capture scenes in the forest of Fontainebleau, flocks of sheep in the Cailly forest, as well as the technique of etching. He was nicknamed "Raphael of Sheep". In 1848 he showed Souvenir des Environ de Bordeaux at the Salon and regularly thereafter. He... Read full biography
Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau was a notable French painter and etcher of landscapes during the nineteenth century. Born in Bordeaux in 1830, Chaigneau, at age 19 enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying in the atelier of Picot and taking additional classes with Coignet and Jacques Raymond Brascassat. It was Brascassat who influenced Chaigneau to paint landscapes and animals. In 1858 he moved to Barbizon where he met artist Charles Jacque, who further influenced Chaigneau to capture scenes in the forest of Fontainebleau, flocks of sheep in the Cailly forest, as well as the technique of etching. He was nicknamed "Raphael of Sheep". In 1848 he showed Souvenir des Environ de Bordeaux at the Salon and regularly thereafter. He exhibited at the Exposition Universelle and received a bronze medal. As well as painting, Chaigneau created e... Read full biography
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Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau was a notable French painter and etcher of landscapes during the nineteenth century. Born in Bordeaux in 1830, Chaigneau, at age 19 enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, studying in the atelier of Picot and taking additional classes with Coignet and Jacques Raymond Brascassat. It was Brascassat who influenced Chaigneau to paint landscapes and animals. In 1858 he moved to Barbizon where he met artist Charles Jacque, who further influenced Chaigneau to capture scenes in the forest of Fontainebleau, flocks of sheep in the Cailly forest, as well as the technique of etching. He was nicknamed "Raphael of Sheep".
In 1848 he showed Souvenir des Environ de Bordeaux at the Salon and regularly thereafter. He exhibited at the Exposition Universelle and received a bronze medal. As well as painting, Chaigneau created etchings, many of which were shown at the Salon from 1864-1870. In 1870 he built his home in Barbizon, The Pastoral, where he remained for the rest of his life
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