Description:

Notes:

This fine and charming painting, like many other similar works by Chocarne Moreau's favorite subject matter, captures the mischievous and comical acts and lives of young working-class children and embodies many of the same characteristics found in Norman Rockwell's early works. Just like Rockewell, Paul-Charles Chocarne-Moreau was able to succeed by introducing these types of unusually talked-about playful scenes into the French and Continental art markets.

Born is Dijon in 1855, Chocarne-Moreau did most of his studies in Paris, working in the atelier of Professor Tony Robert-Fleury, before seeking further instruction under William Bouguereau, both of whom later became presidents of the Société des Artistes Français, Robert-Fleury after Bouguereau.

Chocarne-Moreau became a member of the Société des Artistes Français. He exhibited in the Exposition Universelle and was awarded a bronze medal. Moreau died on May 5th, 1931 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Literature:

Gerald Schurr & Pierre Cabanne, Dictionnaire des petits maîtres de la peinture, Vol. I A-H. Paris : Les Editions de l’Amateur, 1996, pg. 267.

Chantal Georgel, L’Enfant et l’Image au XIXe Siècle, ex. cat., Paris : Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux : 1988, pg. 5.

Gabriel P. Weisberg & Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu, Redefining Genre: French and American Painting, 1850-1900, ex. cat., Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995, pg. 10

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