Jules de Vignon (1815–1885) - Portrait of a woman with a cameo

Jules François Henri de VIGNON
(Belfort, 1815 – Paris, 1885)

Portrait of a woman with a cameo

Oil on canvas mounted on strong cardboard
Signed and dated on the right
21 x 16 cm
1864

Jules de Vignon was born on October 11, 1815, in the east of France, in Belfort. Son of César Thimoléon Vignon, an employee of indirect taxes, and Henriette Augustine Josèphe Hensy, Jules entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris on October 6, 1831, in the studio of Léon Cogniet. His first appearance at the Salon dates to 1833 and he remained faithful there until 1882. A third-class medal (Portrait section) was awarded to him in 1847, a second as a reminder in 1861. Jules de Vignon was a drawing teacher in the city of Paris and still had a drawing and painting studio for ladies in the Ternes district in 1883. A complete artist, he also practiced pastel and lithography, in particular to represent his master Léon Cogniet at his deathbed in 1880. Apart from his submissions to the Salons and other private commissions such as our painting, Jules produced many paintings for churches and French embassies abroad (Berlin, Vienna, etc.) which are still in place today. The artist was taken away in a few days by angina pectoris and died in Paris on January 13, 1885.

The Versailles Museum holds his portrait of Viscount Paultre de Lamotte and Bataille de Sédiman painted in collaboration with Cogniet. The Belfort Museum holds a portrait, executed by Vignon, very influenced by the style of Ingres.

Museums: Versailles, Cherbourg, Belfort…