Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer

Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer was born in Paris in 1824 and died in 1909. He was a French painter. He signed his works "Jules Trayer".

He was taught by his father who was a landscape painter and by Justin Lequien at the Académie Suisse in Paris. He specialized as a "genre" painter, particularly depicting scenes in Brittany. Trayer was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon from 1847 onwards and was awarded third class medals at the Paris Salons of 1853 and 1855.

Trayor executed a lithograph depicting a portrait of Charles Lagrange the politician. This lithograph can be seen in the Musée national du château de Compiègne.

Atelier de couture. Painting dating to 1854. Painting depicts dressmakers in a workshop.

1858 painting entitled "The kiss" (Le Baiser).

1882 painting depicting Breton children in school (École d'enfants bretons).

Painting entitled Le travail. This painting can be seen in the Musée des beaux-arts in Carcassonne.

A market scene entitled Marché aux chiffons dans le Finistère. Painting dates to 1886 and is held in the Quimper Musée des beaux-arts.

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