Jacqueline Comerre-Paton

Jacqueline Comerre, née Paton (1 May 1859 – 1955) was a French painter and sculptor, and the wife of the painter Léon-François Comerre (1850-1916).^[1][2]

Jacqueline Comerre-Paton
Portrait of Jacqueline by Leon Comerre, 1892
Born	(1849-05-01)1 May 1849 Paris, France
Died	1955 (aged 95-96) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Education	École des Beaux-arts
Known for	Painting Sculpture
Spouse	Leon Comerre

Comerre-Paton was born in Paris. Her mother was Émilie-Thérèse Paton (1820 - 1887), known by the pen of Jacques Rozier, a French novelist and playwright. Her father was economist Jules Paton, financial columnist at the Journal des débats.^[3]

Jacqueline studied at the École des Beaux-arts under Alexandre Cabanel.^[1][4] She was friends with portrait painter Fanny Caillé who reproduced one of her most famous paintings, At the spring .

She received an honorable mention in 1881 and a medal at the Versailles exhibition.

Her painting Mistletoe was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.^[5][6]

Comerre-Paton died in Paris.^[1]

Selected works

Source:^[1][7][8]

• The Annunciation
• An ass skin (Donkey skin)
• At the spring
• La chanson des bois
• Chaperon rouge
• Faneuse
• L'Ignorance
• Jeune fille aux papillons
• Jeune fille à la source
• Jeune Hollandaise
• Mignon
• Mistletoe
• Portrait de Mlle. Marguerite Ugalde
• Portrait de paysanne
• Sonioutchka
• A young beauty
• Young Dutch