Jean-Jacques Bachelier
Illustration — Jean-Jacques-Bachelier, portrait by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Jean-Jacques Bachelier (1724–1806) was a French painter and director of the porcelain factory at Sèvres. Admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1752, he founded an art school using his own means in Paris in 1765 for the artisans in the historic collège d'Autun (located on rue de l'école de médecine). His art school survived until the 19th century.
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Jean-Jacques Bachelier
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard · Public domain
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- Jean-Jacques Bachelier was born in 1724.
- Died
- Jean-Jacques Bachelier died on 13 April 1806.
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- France.
- Occupation
- painter, writer, director and porcelain painter.
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Illustration — Jean-Jacques-Bachelier, portrait by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Jean-Jacques Bachelier (1724–1806) was a French painter and director of the porcelain factory at Sèvres. Admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1752, he founded an art school using his own means in Paris in 1765 for the artisans in the historic collège d'Autun (located on rue de l'école de médecine). His art school survived until the 19th century.
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He was in effect the inventor of unglazed biscuit porcelain, in the sense that he was the first to use this material for a final product, in 1751 at Sèvres. Previously this material was no more than a first stage in the porcelain manufacturing process.
For a more extensive list of works see Jean-Jacques Bachelier on the French Wikipedia, which includes Roman Charity (1765). • Illustration — Jean-Jacques Bachelier, An Angora cat • Illustration — Jean-Jacques Bachelier, Four parts of the world, oil on canvas • Illustration — Jean-Jacques Bachelier - Still life with flowers and a violin - Google Art Project
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• Histoire et secret de la peinture à la cire, contre le sentiment du comte de Caylus. Paris 1755
Portrait of Jean-Jacques Bachelier. Pastel. Inscription, obverse: « Portrait peint par ma mère sous les conseils de Monsieur Bachelier qui fut son premier maître ».
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1724
Jean-Jacques Bachelier was born on 1 January 1724.
1999
Jean-Jacques Bachelier, 1724-1806 (2 catalogued editions) (1999) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
1806
Jean-Jacques Bachelier died on 13 April 1806.
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Jean-Jacques Bachelier was born in Paris.
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Jean-Jacques Bachelier died in Paris.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q322977: Jean-Jacques Bachelier
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16276720-1, Exposition Jean-Jacques Bachelier (2000 : Versailles).
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16276720-1, Exposition Jean-Jacques Bachelier (2000 : Versailles).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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