Jean-Joseph Weerts

Jean-Joseph Weerts studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Residence is recorded at 8th arrondissement of Paris. Works named in the authority record are La Mort de Bara and Portrait of Félix Ravaisson. Work by Jean-Joseph Weerts is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay, La Piscine, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, Condé Museum and Musée Carnavalet. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour.

His father was a mechanical engineer who gave him his first introduction to drawing. Later, in 1858, he attended the Académie des Beaux-arts de Roubaix. With a pension (stipend) from Roubaix, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts in 1867, working in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel. He produced nearly 700 works, including portraits and paintings on historical and religious themes. The Death of Bara earned him the Légion d'honneur in 1884. He also decorated a number of public buildings throughout France and participated in several official projects for the Third Republic, including the Hôtel de Ville, the Sorbonne and the Hôtel des Monnaies. He also worked at the Limoges City Hall and the College of Medicine in Lyon. He was buried at Père-Lachaise, and a street in Roubaix was named after him. A monument in his honor was created by the sculptor Alexandre Descatoire and may be seen in Roubaix's Parc Barbieux.

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