Dieppe – The Artists – Blanche, Jacques-Emile – Travel Information and Tips for France

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Dieppe. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

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Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861 – 1942) was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris.

Blanche was born in Paris. His father, whose name he shared, was a successful psychiatrist who ran a fashionable clinic, and he was brought up in the rich Parisian neighborhood of Passy in a house that had belonged to the Princesse de Lamballe.

Although Blanche received some instruction in painting from Henri Gervex, he may be regarded as self-taught. He became a very successful portrait painter, with a style derived from 18th-century English painters such as Thomas Gainsborough as well as Edouard Manet and John Singer Sargent. He worked in London, where he spent time from 1870 on, as well as Paris, where he exhibited at the Salon and the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. One of his closest friends was Marcel Proust, who helped edit several of Blanche’s publications.

Blanche died at his home in Offranville-en-Caux, Normandy (a suburb of Dieppe) on 30 September 1942.

Click here to read Blanche’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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1880 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Rolling Waves close to Dieppe — 1880 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Rolling Waves close to Dieppe

1906 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - A Street in Dieppe — 1906 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – A Street in Dieppe

1910 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - The Beach at Dieppe — 1910 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – The Beach at Dieppe

TODAY: The beach at Dieppe is a very popular place for bathing, despite the pebble beach. In the summer it gets quite busy, especially when there are festivals (see popup above for the international Kite festival)

1914 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Parade of the 'Poilu', Dieppe — 1914 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Parade of the ‘Poilu’, Dieppe

NOTE: Poilu is an informal term for a late 18th century–early 20th century French infantryman, meaning, literally, hairy one. It is still widely used as a term of endearment for the French infantry of World War I. The word carries the sense of the infantryman’s typically rustic, agricultural background. Bushy moustaches were often worn. The poilu was particularly known for his love of pinard, his ration of cheap wine.

1929 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Dieppe — 1929 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Dieppe

TODAY: This building still stands, and is one of the last one that of the older buildings. The rest are modern concrete ones.

1930 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Dyke in Dieppe — 1930 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Dyke in Dieppe

1934 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - August Morning, Dieppe Beach — 1934 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – August Morning, Dieppe Beach

1934 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Children Bathing, Dieppe — 1934 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Children Bathing, Dieppe

1934 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Storm clouds over the beach of Dieppe — 1934 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Storm clouds over the beach of Dieppe

1937 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - The Promenade on the Beach of Dieppe — 1937 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – The Promenade on the Beach of Dieppe

TODAY: The promenade has become wider and longer.

1938 - Jacques-Emile Blanche - On the Pier at Dieppe — 1938 – Jacques-Emile Blanche – On the Pier at Dieppe

TODAY: The pier is still extensively visited, often to fish.

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - August Morning Bath, Dieppe — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – August Morning Bath, Dieppe

TODAY: The month of August is always the busiest month (not just in Dieppe but in all of France).

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Dieppe Casino — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Dieppe Casino

TODAY: There still is a casino in Dieppe, but the building pictured above was destroyed during WWII and replaced by a modern building.

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Dieppe — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Dieppe

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Grey Bay at Dieppe — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Grey Bay at Dieppe

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Rue de la Barre at Dieppe — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Rue de la Barre at Dieppe

TODAY: Rue de la Barre still exists today, but it’s no longer the main shopping street.

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - The Front of Dieppe — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – The Front of Dieppe

TODAY: The sea front looks more or less like the painting above; a row of houses, a road, grass fields and then the beach.

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - The Puits Sale square — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – The Puits Sale square

TODAY: The restaurant visible still stands and is an important meeting place.

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Arrival of the Liner, Dieppe — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Arrival of the Liner, Dieppe

TODAY: The only passenger ships entering and leaving Dieppe port are the ferries to the UK.

Offranville

Offranville is a small town that lies to the South of Dieppe

???? - Jacques-Emile Blanche - Still life — ???? – Jacques-Emile Blanche – Still life

Blanche mostly painted in Paris and London, and only painted in Dieppe when he went to Normandy.

Dieppe (and Offranville)

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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