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Jacques-Émile Blanche

25 works held in 10 museums

French painter, portraitist of the world of arts and letters of the Belle Époque, also painter of the beaches of Dieppe and of flower still lifes, 1861-1942

The Beach at Dieppe in August, Jacques-Émile Blanche

The Beach at Dieppe in August, c. 1896.

Plage de Dieppe en Août (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

The Place du Puits Salé, Jacques-Émile Blanche

The Place du Puits Salé, 1929.

La place du Puits Salé (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on cardboard

Château-Musée de Dieppe, France

Portrait of Marguerite Decazes de Glücksbierg, Princess Jean de Broglie, later the Honourable Mrs Reginald Fellows (1890-1962), Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Marguerite Decazes de Glücksbierg, Princess Jean de Broglie, later the Honourable Mrs Reginald Fellows (1890-1962), 1914.

Portrait de Marguerite Decazes de Glucksbierg, princesse… (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France

Portrait of Lady Michelham, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Lady Michelham, c. 1905.

Portrait de Lady Michelham (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Self-Portrait with Raphael de Ochoa, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Self-Portrait with Raphael de Ochoa, 1890.

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Marcel Proust, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Marcel Proust, 1892.

Portrait de Marcel Proust (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, France

Crystal Palace, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Crystal Palace, 1923.

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Government Art Collection, United Kingdom

Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Writer, in the Garden at Offranville, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Writer, in the Garden at Offranville, 1913.

Portrait de Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), écrivain, dans le… (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France

Dahlias and Nasturtiums in a Silver Urn, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Dahlias and Nasturtiums in a Silver Urn, 1904.

Dahlias et capucines à l'urne d'argent (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Portrait of Henri Guérard, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Henri Guérard, 1889.

Portrait de Henri Guérard (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Reynold Arnould, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Reynold Arnould, 1933.

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

View of Dieppe from the Top of the Cliffs, Jacques-Émile Blanche

View of Dieppe from the Top of the Cliffs, 1922.

Vue de Dieppe du haut des falaises (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Portrait of Daisy de Broglie, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Daisy de Broglie, 1912.

Portrait de Daisy de Broglie (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Portrait of Ignacio Zuloaga, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Ignacio Zuloaga, 1900–1904.

Portrait d'Ignacio Zuloaga (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Beach at Dieppe Facing the Casino, Jacques-Émile Blanche

The Beach at Dieppe Facing the Casino, before 1886.

Plage de Dieppe face au casino (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas mounted on cardboard

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; formerly Mrs Duckworth) (1846-1895), Celebrated Beauty and Philanthropist, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; formerly Mrs Duckworth) (1846-1895), Celebrated Beauty and Philanthropist, c. 1929–1931.

Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; formerly Mrs Duckworth)… (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Government Art Collection, United Kingdom

Portrait of Francis Poulenc, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Francis Poulenc, 1920.

Portrait de Francis Poulenc (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, Florence, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, Florence, 1911.

Portrait de Mabel Dodge à la Villa Curonia, à Florence (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

The Child with a Doll, Jacques-Émile Blanche

The Child with a Doll, 1900.

L'enfant à la poupée (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on paper

Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Portrait of Mary Cassatt (1845-1926), Painter, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Mary Cassatt (1845-1926), Painter, 1885.

Portrait de Mary Cassat (1845-1926), peintre (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France

Wholesale Fish Auction, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Wholesale Fish Auction, 1929.

Vente du poisson en gros (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Château-Musée de Dieppe, France

Portrait of Countess Anna de Noailles, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of Countess Anna de Noailles, c. 1919.

Portrait de la Comtesse Anna de Noailles (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France

Young Girl after a Masked Ball (La petite masque), Jacques-Émile Blanche

Young Girl after a Masked Ball (La petite masque), 1906.

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Städel Museum, Germany

Portrait of the Painter Jules Chéret (1836-1933) in His Studio, Jacques-Émile Blanche

Portrait of the Painter Jules Chéret (1836-1933) in His Studio, c. 1892.

Portrait du peintre Jules Chéret (1836-1933), dans son… (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France

Hydrangeas (Great Heat), Jacques-Émile Blanche

Hydrangeas (Great Heat)

Hortensias (grande chaleur) (museum title)

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, France

Works by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942), in the public domain, each linked to its record in the museum that holds it. Born in Paris and died at Offranville, near Dieppe, Blanche was above all the portraitist of the artistic and literary life of his time: the young Marcel Proust (1892), Jean Cocteau in the garden at Offranville (1913), Mary Cassatt, Francis Poulenc, Ignacio Zuloaga, Countess Anna de Noailles. He also painted the beaches, quays and streets of Dieppe, views of London and flower still lifes. Only works that the museums attribute to him without reservation and for which a freely usable photograph exists are shown: CC0 files from Paris Musées and the Cleveland Museum of Art, public-domain or freely licensed photographs from Wikimedia Commons, whose origin is given on each work's page. Titles are those of the museums, with their translation.