Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier

Galatea on the bank of the Acis (1883)

Eve and the apple (1884)

Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier (c. 1860–1905/06) was a French painter.

Life

Caucannier was born in Paris in about 1860. He studied under Isidore Pils, Jules Frédéric Ballavoine and Jules Lefebvre.

He painted portraits and genre paintings in oils: an example of the latter is Jeune femme aux glycines (Young woman with wisteria'), now in a private collection. He exhibited a number of genre paintings at the Paris Salon between 1880 and 1905, including: La Femme de Potiphar ('Potiphar's Wife'), La Fourmi ('The Ant') and L'Araignée ('The Spider'). He became a member of the Société des Artistes Français in 1883. According to the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, "His body of work is at times somewhat sickly-sweet, but nonetheless demonstrates an ability to capture light effects."

He died in Paris in 1905 or 1906.

References

• Catrin, Ritter (2021). "Caucaunier, Jean-Denis-Antoine". In Andreas Beyer, Bénédicte Savoy, Wolf Tegethoff (eds.). Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online. Berlin, New York: K. G. Saur. De Gruyter.
• Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. (2011). "Caucannier, Jean Denis Antoine". In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. Oxford Art Online.
• Thieme, Ulrich, ed. (1912). "Caucannier, Jean Denis Antoine". In Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol. 6: Carlini–Cioci. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann. p. 196.

External links

• "Jean Denis Antoine Caucannier (1860-1905)". Catherine La Rose: The Poet of Painting. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.