Jane Atché
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Jeanne Louise Marie Euphrasie Atché, known as Jane (16 August 1872, Toulouse - 6 February 1937, Paris[1]) was a French painter and poster artist in the Art Nouveau style.
Biography[edit]
Her family was originally from Rabastens and her father was an infantry captain. Around 1890, she went to Paris to study at the Académie Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and Marcel Baschet. She also came under the influence of Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. It is at this time that she anglicised her first name to "Jane".[1]
She made her debut in 1895 at the Salon, displaying a pastel titled Girl with Violets.[1] The following year, she created her first poster for JOB cigarette papers, which was a great success. Not long after, she came into contact with Alphonse Mucha at the "Poster Exhibition of French and Foreign Art" and adopted some of his stylistic techniques.[1] For many years, she was the only woman among the numerous French poster artists.
From 1897 to 1911, she was a regular exhibitor at all the salons and galleries.[1] Around 1900, her admiration for Mucha began to fade and she increasingly turned to works of a religious nature. Her art style moved from Art Nouveau towards Symbolism.[1] Her "Fiat Voluntas Tua" (Thy Will be Done) received special mention at the Salon of 1902.[1] From 1901 to 1905, she illustrated La Poupée Modèle, a monthly magazine for girls.[1]
Her sister, Louise, died in 1905 and her father followed in 1907.[1] Shortly before her sister's death, she had married Raymond Leroux, who was five years her junior.[1] He was conscripted for World War I and was killed in 1918, in the Second Battle of the Marne.[1]
After missing the 1905, 1906 and 1907 Salons, she presented a self-portrait "On the Wings of Dreams" at the 1908 Salon.[1] This work was presented under the name of under the name of Atché-Leroux.[1] She also presented a lithograph at the 1909 Salon.[1]
In 1920 she re-married, to the couturier Arsène Bonnaire (1862-1947),[1] an old family acquaintance who had also recently lost his spouse. In 1923, they retired to Rabastens. She became ill in 1937 and went to Paris for treatment.[1] She died there and was interred in the Bonnaire family vault in Vaucresson.[1]
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Jane Atché Archived 2016-08-08 at the Wayback Machine @ the Musée du Pays rabastinois
- Claudine Dhotel-Velliet: Jane Atché: 1872–1937. Le Pont du Nord, Lille 2009, ISBN 978-2-908418-05-7
External links[edit]
Media related to Jane Atché at Wikimedia Commons
- More works by Atché @ ArtNet
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