Jean Roque (1880–1925) was a French painter.

Jean Roque
Portrait of Roque by Theophile Steinlen on 30 August 1915
Born	(1880-01-08)8 January 1880 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died	6 December 1925(1925-12-06) (aged 45) Paris, France
Occupation	Painter

Biography

Early life

Jean Roque was born on 8 January 1880 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[1][2] He studied painting in Paris under the tutelage of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) and Humbert.[2]

Career

He became a professional painter.[3] 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.[1]

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.[1] 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)

Gallery

References

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