Jacqueline Comerre, née Paton (1 May 1859 – 1955) was a French painter and sculptor, and the wife of the painter Léon-François Comerre (1850–1916).
Comerre-Paton was born in Paris. Her mother was Émilie-Thérèse Paton (1820 - 1887), known by the pen of Jacques Rozier, a French novelist and playwright. Her father was economist Jules Paton, financial columnist at the Journal des débats.
Jacqueline studied at the École des Beaux-arts under Alexandre Cabanel.Nos peintres et sculpteurs, graveurs, dessinateurs : portraits et biographies suivis d'une notice sur les Salons français depuis 1673, les Sociétés de Beaux-Arts, la Propriété artistique, etc. (1897) (p. 110) She was friends with portrait painter Fanny Caillé who reproduced one of her most famous paintings, At the spring .
She received an honorable mention in 1881 and a medal at the Versailles exhibition.
Her painting Mistletoe was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
Comerre-Paton died in Paris.
Selected works
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The Annunciation An ass skin (Donkey skin) At the spring La chanson des bois Chaperon rouge Faneuse L'Ignorance Jeune fille aux papillons Jeune fille à la source Jeune Hollandaise Mignon Mistletoe Portrait de Mlle. Marguerite Ugalde Portrait de paysanne Sonioutchka A young beauty Young Dutch
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Footnotes
Sources Jacqueline Comerre-Paton on artnet