Jacques Gamelin
Illustration — Jacques Gamelin sculpted by Alexandre Falguiere • Illustration — Alexandre et Diogène, the artist is depicting the scene where Alexander asks Diogenes, "Is there anything I can do for you?" and Diogenes answers, "Yes, stand out of my sun." Jacques Gamelin (October 3, 1738 – October 12, 1803) was an artist born in Carcassonne, France, the son of a successful merchant. After receiving an education from the Jesuits, he went into the service of Nicolas Joseph de Marcassus, baron de Puymaurin (1718–1791), a wealthy industrialist of Toulouse, to learn the ways of business. Puymaurin quickly saw that his young assistant had little talent or interest in business but showed great promise as an artist.
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Jacques Gamelin
![A pagan ceremony. Etching by or after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779., [1779], by Jacques Gamelin](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0008821/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
Jacques Gamelin · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1738. · Carcassonne.
- Died
- 1803. · Carcassonne.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, university teacher, graphic artist and printmaker.
- Teachers
- Pierre Rivalz.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Jacques Gamelin sculpted by Alexandre Falguiere • Illustration — Alexandre et Diogène, the artist is depicting the scene where Alexander asks Diogenes, "Is there anything I can do for you?" and Diogenes answers, "Yes, stand out of my sun." Jacques Gamelin (October 3, 1738 – October 12, 1803) was an artist born in Carcassonne, France, the son of a successful merchant. After receiving an education from the Jesuits, he went into the service of Nicolas Joseph de Marcassus, baron de Puymaurin (1718–1791), a wealthy industrialist of Toulouse, to learn the ways of business. Puymaurin quickly saw that his young assistant had little talent or interest in business but showed great promise as an artist.
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Gamelin's father rejected Puymaurin's suggestion that Jacques be sent to an art academy, so the baron paid his way at the Académie royale de Toulouse himself. After five years study, Jacques Gamelin won the Académie's first prize and he went to Paris to continue his studies. Gamelin later went to Rome with Puymaurin's financial assistance to study under Jacques-Louis David and Joseph-Marie Vien and eventually became a painter to Pope Clement XIV. On the death of his father, which left Jacques a wealthy man, he returned to Toulouse where he taught at the Académie. He is most known today for his paintings and engravings of battle scenes, which can be found in art museums throughout France. The work is known for its display of both talent and imagination, with striking scenes of the Resurrection, the Crucifixion, and skeletons at play.
Training under Pierre Rivalz is recorded. Jacques Lavallée is recorded as having studied under Jacques Gamelin. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is painting and engraving. Places of work recorded in the authority are Toulouse. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Jacques Gamelin is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Musée des Augustins, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne and Musée Hyacinthe-Rigaud.
![Foetal skeletons: six figures. Etching by Martin after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779., [1779], by Jacques Gamelin](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0008831/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Foetal skeletons: six figures. Etching by Martin after J. Gamelin, 1778/1779., [1779], by Jacques Gamelin
Jacques Gamelin · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
![A crucified écorché figure. Crayon manner print by J. Gamelin after himself, 1778/1779., [1779], by Jacques Gamelin](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0008874/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
A crucified écorché figure. Crayon manner print by J. Gamelin after himself, 1778/1779., [1779], by Jacques Gamelin
Jacques Gamelin · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1738
Jacques Gamelin born at Carcassonne.
1803
Jacques Gamelin died at Carcassonne.
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- 1.Archives départementales de l'Aude, document 100NUM/5E69/83, Carcassonne Cité et Ville actes de décès an XII actes de naissances an XIII acte n° 8 page 223/443.
- 2.Olivier Michel. Jacques Gamelin ou la quête tourmentée de la réussite. persee.fr. 1996.
- 3.Archives Départementales de l'Aude. Petites histoires d'archives #7_Gamelin. archivesdepartementales.aude.fr. 5 mai 2020.
- 4.Faut-il rendre à Gamelin l'Écorché de Bayonne attribué à Géricault ?. Société française d'histoire de la médecine. 153 à 158 . 14 mars 1984 lire en.
- 5.Les audois et l'événement révolutionnaire. Association des amis des archives de l'Aude. 1988. 2-906442-04-6.
- 6.« Lavallée, Jacques (17..-18.. ; graveur) », notice bibliographique du Catalogue général de la BNF.
- 7.Olivier Michel. Huit tableaux du peintre languedocien Jacques Gamelin (1738-1803). persee.fr. 1996.
- 8.Laurent Coste. Carcassonne. Les Amis de la Ville et de la Cité ont acquis un tableau de Gamelin. ladepeche.fr. 28 janvier 2020.
- 9.De la Chambre de Commerce à Carcassonne à la Chambre de Commerce de Carcassonne-Limoux-Castelnaudary. Imprimerie Mavit-Sival. Novembre 2002.
- 10.La cathédrale Saint-Michel de Carcassonne. DRAC du Languedoc-Roussillon. septembre 2012. 978-2-11-129724-1.
- 11.http://webmuseo.com/ws/musees-narbonne/app/collection.
- 12.Base Palissy PM11000554 Église Saint-Paul .
- 13.Base Palissy. Ministère de la culture et de la communication.
- 14.Base Palissy PM11000413 Lapidation de saint Étienne .
- 15.Base Palissy PM11001238 Lapidation de saint Étienne .
- 16.Hélène Palouzié, « Redécouverte de deux tableaux de Jacques Gamelin », Chantiers (revue de la Direction régionale des affaires culturelles du Languedoc-Roussillon), , 4 (2012) Lire en ligne - Chantiers 4 p.6.
- 17.Etienne Dumont. Le Musée Cognacq-Jay présente à Paris les dessins de la "Génération en Révolution". bilan.ch. 4 mai 2019.
- 18.Laurent Fonquernie. Episode de l’armée des Pyrénées en 1794, Jacques Gamelin (Carcassonne 1738 – 1803), musée d’art de Béziers. institutdugrenat.com. 24 août 2016.
- 19.Recent acquisitions of drawings by the Musée Paul-Dupuy in Toulouse. thearttribune.com. 11 mai 2009.
- 20.Search the Collection. metmuseum.org.
- 21.La Continence de Scipion, Jacques Gamelin, sur Cat'zArts.
- 22.Sous la direction d’Emmanuelle Brugerolles, de l’alcôve aux barricades de Fragonard à David, Beaux-Arts de Paris les éditions, 2016, p.150-151, Cat. 48.
- 23.Scène de bataille . Cat'zArts.
- 24.Le dessin en partage. Beaux-Arts de Paris éditions. 2011. 978-2-84056-347-1.
- 25.Gamelin, premier peintre du Pape et anatomiste. Midi Libre, édition de Carcassonne. 9 octobre 2017 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Nécrologie. Journal du département de la Haute-Garonne. 6 floréal an 12 (26 avril 1804). 11.
- Jean Alboise, Honneurs funèbres rendus au peintre Jacques Gamelin (1803), in L'Artiste, tome 2, p. 56-76,1899.
- Abbé Barthès, Biographie de Jacques Gamelin, Mémoires de la Société des arts et des sciences de Carcassonne, p.388 à 426, Tome 1, 1849-1851.
- Simone Cahen-Salvador, Jacques Gamelin, 1738-1803, sa vie son œuvre, Thèse en histoire de l'art. École du Louvre Paris, 1948.
- Daniel Fabre, Les Audois, dictionnaire biographique, Jacques Gamelin, p.174-175. Édité par l'Association audoise des archives de l'Aude, la Fédération audoise des œuvres laïques et la Société d'études scientifiques de l'Aude. 1990
- Marie-Noëlle Maynard, Zoé Beauval, Danielle Constantin-Subra, Jacques Gamelin, Le petit salon, Invitation à la découverte, carnet n°1, Musée des beaux-arts de Carcassonne, 2020.
- Jérôme Montcouquiol, Les fresques de Jacques Gamelin de la chapelle de l’Immaculée-Conception à Perpignan, in La Peinture baroque en Méditerranée de Gênes à Majorque, sous la direction de Julien Lugand, Trabucayres éditions, 2010.
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