portrait of Koiriala, a young girl from Senegal signed Blanquer

Oil on Canvas portrait of Koiriala, a young girl from Senegal signed Blanquer lower right.

BLANQUER Jacques
Born in  Rivesaltes, died in 1932. French school.

Jacques léonard Blanquer has been a pupil of Guiraud in the Museum of Perpignan.
In 1874 he became a pupil of Cabanel in Paris.
He painted a famous portrait of the French poet Leconte de Lisle which can be seen in Versailles in the Trianon Museum.
Back in Perpignan he became later, curator of the Museum.

Circa 1900