Very little is known about the life and work of Louis Jacquand who was active from 1870-1900. The kind of genre picture that was extremely popular in the latter part of the 19th century when Jacquand was active reflects a taste for the detailed portrayal of a dignified courtliness and gentility amongst the upper classes and their surroundings.
Very little is known about the life and work of Louis Jacquand who was active from 1870-1900. What can be said about our picture is that Jacquand seems to have been classically trained and taught well, as he has constructed a fully developed and detailed view of a richly dressed woman in a French city park view. On the precipice of the Belle Epoque era that marked a time of great enlightenment and invention, Jacquand has captured the essence of upper class leisure in a city. The picture captures a certain elegance of the period. This kind of genre picture was extremely popular in the latter part of the 19th century when Jacquand was active and reflects a taste for the detailed portrayal of a dignified courtliness and gentility amongst the upper classes and their surroundings.
Private Collection, Greenwich, CT