BERAUD, Jean

Jean Béraud was born on 12 January 1849. His father was a sculptor and was probably working on the site of St Isaac’s Cathedral when Jean was born. The young Béraud, a student of Leon Bonnat, exhibited his paintings at the Salon for the first time in 1872, but he only gained some recognition in 1876, with his painting ‘On the Way Back from the Funeral.’
He exhibited with the Society of French Watercolourists at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. He painted many scenes of Parisian daily life during ‘la Belle epoque’ in a style that stands somewhere between the academic art of the Salon and that of the Impressionists. He received the Legion d’honneur in 1894.
Béraud, like his friend Édouard Manet (1832–1883) and occasionally Edgar Degas (1834–1917), captured the bustling atmosphere of late 19th-century urban life in his work. His artistic techniques, particularly those employed in pieces such as À la salle Graffard, influenced other artists who later adopted similar approaches.
By the late 19th century, Béraud shifted his focus away from creating his own art, dedicating much of his time to serving on various exhibition committees, including the Salon de la Société Nationale. He remained unmarried and had no children. Jean Béraud died in Paris on 4th October 1935 and was buried in Montparnasse cemetery.
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