Joseph Paul Meslé (1855-1927) Chamigny Under The Snow

Joseph Paul MESLÉ (1855-1927) Chamigny under the snow oil on panel (signature trace lower right and hidden on the back) 27x36cm Joseph Paul Meslé (1855-1927) Born on January 25, 1855 in Saint-Servan, near Saint-Malo, His gifts for drawing were so evident that the young boy was directed to the School of Fine Arts in Rennes. In 1875 Meslé left for the Beaux-Arts in Paris with a letter of recommendation from Jean François Millet (1814-1875), a brilliant student, hard worker and conscientious, and participated in the 1880 Salon. Ten years later he left the French artists to join in 1892, Rodin, Puvis d Chavannes, the splitters of the National Society of Fine Arts. Meslé settled in Reins in the years 1881-1882, he quickly became a renowned portrait painter, in 1890 he married Yacinthe Bremontier. Iles moved to Jaulgonne located along the Marne, between Dormans and Château-Thierry, a few kilometers from his colleague, Léon Lhermitte (1844-1925). In 1896 the couple settled in Chamigny. Very concerned by the pictorial movements of his time, he heard the cry of the wild animals, exhibited with the "neo-impressionists of Lagny, frequented Lhermitte and the painters of Luzancy, Bouché and Massé. In Chamigny, Meslé will give his advice to an enthusiastic young man, accomplished violinist and mad about painting: André Planson (1898-1981). Meslé was successful, his paintings sold well in France and the United States. He exhibited at the Galerie Georges Petit, and in 1925, Americans bought his entire stock of paintings. Meslé died suddenly on June 20, 1927. Public collections: Museum of Fine Arts of Reins Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes Museum of Saint-Malo Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris Fabre Museum of Montpellier Briard Museum of Jouarre Chamigny Town Hall