Édouard Brandon
| Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon July 3, 1831 Paris?, France |
| Died | May 20, 1897 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| Known for | Paintings of religious subjects and genre scenes |
| Notable work |
William Eden Nesfield (1858) The Canonization of St. Bridget (1861) Last Mass of St. Bridget (1863) Portuguese Synagogue at Amsterdam (1867) Scene in a Synagogue (1868-1870) Portrait of Nathaniel Hone (1870) Silent Prayer, Synagogue of Amsterdam, "The Amidah" (1897) The Raising of the Law in the Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam (1897) |
| Awards | Paris Salon, medals in 1865 and 1867 |
Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon (July 3, 1831 – May 20, 1897) was a French artist who is known especially for his paintings of Jewish themes. Most sources list his place of birth as Paris, although some say Bordeaux or Lisbon. He signed his paintings "Ed. Brandon," and his full name commonly is given as Jacques Émile Édouard Brandon, but also as Jacob Émile Édouard Péreira Brandon. His father was Elie Péreira-Brandon, a wealthy Parisian art dealer. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on April 5, 1849, and was a student of Antoine Alphonse Montfort (1802–1884), Françoise-Édouard Picot (1786-1868) and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875). Brandon and Corot corresponded frequently and remained close throughout Corot's life.
In 1856 Brandon went to Rome, where he lived until 1863. While there he became acquainted with Edgar Degas (1834–1917), and in later years they collected each other's works. During his time in Rome his artistic focus was at the church of Santa Brigida on the Piazza Farnese. He decorated a room in which St. Bridget of Sweden (1303–1373) had lived, embellishing it with a variety of paintings and other artworks. Some of these were exhibited at the Parisian Salons during the 1860s, including The Canonization of St. Bridget in 1861 and The Last Mass of St. Bridget in 1863. He won medals at the Salon in 1865 and 1867.
Brandon was of Sephardic Jewish heritage, and after his return to Paris in 1863 his subject matter shifted largely to Jewish themes. Many of his later paintings featured rabbis and synagogues; one example is Scene in a Synagogue (1868–1870), now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At Degas' invitation, Brandon displayed a painting set in a synagogue in the 1874 show that later became known as the first Impressionist exhibition. Three of the works that Degas entered in that exhibit were owned by Brandon.
In Paris Brandon worked closely with Irish artist Nathaniel Hone the Younger, who stayed with Brandon at 44, rue du Notre Dame de Lorette. Others studying under him included Georges de Dramard (1839–1900), Alexis Lemaistre, and Henri Rouart, who was a close friend of Degas.
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