Jules Le Cœur (September 17, 1832 – April 26, 1882) was a French architect and painter and a friend and early supporter of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919). Le Cœur also appeared as a subject in two of Renoir's paintings, Mother Anthony's Tavern and Jules Le Cœur and his dogs in the forest of Fontainebleau, both in 1866.[1] Jules was the son of Joseph Le Cœur, a carpenter, and Catherine Félicie Jaullain.[2] The architect Charles Le Cœur was his brother. Like his brother, Jules was also an architect and a student of Henri Labrouste.[3] He married Marianne Bouwens in 1861, but she died shortly thereafter in 1863. Subsequently, Le Cœur gave up architecture and devoted himself to painting. By 1865, he was spending time at a house in Bourron-Marlotte and painting in the Fontainebleau forest with Renoir. At the same time, Le Cœur began a relationship with Clémence Tréhot while Renoir was involved with her sister Lise Tréhot who also became his model.[4] Le Cœur died at his home on the rue Campagne-Première at the age of 49 in 1882.[5]

Selected work

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  • View of Bas-Meudon near Paris
  • Portrait de jeune lle assise à l'éventail
  • Vue du Val de Grâce
  • Greek family in a landscape
  • Envol de grues devant une jonque
  • Selling fish at Les Halles, Paris
  • La joncque
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References

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  1. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists (October 31, 2011). "Le Cœur, Jules". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  2. ^ According to the file Léonore LH/1533/37 by his brother Charles Justin Le Cœur.
  3. ^ Cooper, Douglas (Sept–Oct 1959b). "Renoir, Lise and the Le Cœur Family: A Study of Renoir's Early Development-II: The Le Cœurs." The Burlington Magazine, 101 (678/679): 320, 322–329. OCLC 53397979. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Denvir, Bernard (1993). The Chronicle of Impressionism. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500236659. OCLC 954795365. p. 50.
  5. ^ Act No. 1500, civil status of the City of Paris, 14th arrondissement, death of 1882.

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