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Description: | Demand for Jacque's work grew steadily and small panels such as Le Remouleur found a ready market in Paris. Collectors drawn from the newly wealthy middle-classes browsed and made their purchases in the many small independent galleries now springing up. In this marvellous little oil a man, seen from behind, is busy working. Only gradually do we make out the wealth of detail in the background - rows of shelves with tools on them. Jacque was very much at home with the entrepreneurial spirit of the age. Already in 1841 he had acquired a large number of Michel's paintings at the older artist's studio sale. Jacque managed to sell many of the works including a number that he had 'completed'. Believing that he was 'improving' them Jacque added figures and animals to Michel's landscapes which, unfortunately, distorted their meaning. Some years later Millet entrusted Jacque with a number of drawings which Jacque successfully sold for him. | Subjects: | figure; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Jacque, Charles Émile (French painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1813-1894) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8295... | Go to resource |
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